Tiberia paumotensis
| Tiberia paumotensis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Tiberia paumotensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Tiberia |
| Species: | T. paumotensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiberia paumotensis (Tryon, 1886) | |
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Tiberia paumotensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Description
The thin, smooth, white shell is hyaline. Its length measures 10 mm. The upper whorls suddenly taper to an acute apex. The base of the shell is slightly produced. The teleoconch contains nine convex whorls. The suture is margined. The columella is slightly callous, with two oblique plaits, the lower one most conspicuous, the upper smaller and deep-seated. [2]
Distribution
The type species has been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Tuamotus.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Tiberia paumotensis (Tryon, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588548 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 303;1889
External links
| External identifiers for Tiberia paumotensis | |
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| WoRMS | 588548 |
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