Pyramidella sanctaehelenae

Pyramidella sanctaehelenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species: P. sanctaehelenae
Binomial name
Pyramidella sanctaehelenae
(E. A. Smith, 1890)

Pyramidella sanctaehelenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Saint Helena.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pyramidella sanctaehelenae (E. A. Smith, 1890). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533356 on 2012-01-12

External links

External identifiers for Pyramidella sanctaehelenae
Encyclopedia of Life 19660970
WoRMS 533356


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