| Ptycheulimella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrnolinae |
| Tribe: | Syrnolini |
| Genus: | Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Tornatella pyramidata Deshayes. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) Sacco, 1892 | |
Ptycheulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Description
The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The axial sculpture consists of obsolete ribs, frequently only shown in the early turns of the teleoconch. Spiral sculpture, if present, consists of microscopic striations only.
Species
Species within the genus Ptycheulimella include:
- Ptycheulimella eulimelloides (Nomura, 1936)
- Ptycheulimella hemiplicata (Nomura, 1936)
- Ptycheulimella misella (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Ptycheulimella rikuzenica (Nomura, 1936)
- Ptycheulimella supramisella (Nomura, 1938)
- Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis (Nomura, 1938)
- Ptycheulimella yabei Nomura 1939
References
- Sacco, I. Moll, de Piemonte e della Liguria, pl. 11, 1892, p. 59.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588485 on 2011-11-29
- G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 59
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella eulimelloides
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella hemiplicata
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella rikuzenica
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella supramisella
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis
- OBIS: Ptycheulimella yabei
External links
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