Pyrgolidium internodulum

Pyrgolidium internodulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgolidium
Species: P. internodulum
Binomial name
Pyrgolidium internodulum
(S.V. Wood, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chemnitzia corbis Conti, 1864 (dubious synonym)
  • Chemnitzia internodula S.V. Wood, 1848 (original name)
  • Odostomia rosea Monterosato, 1877
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula (S.V. Wood, 1848)
  • Turbonilla rosea von Maltzan, 1885
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) rosea Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1877

Pyrgolidium internodula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

Description

The shell has a rosy color. The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened with straight narrow ribs, becoming evanescent at the periphery of the body whorl. The interspaces are much wider, with two spiral series of nodules. [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2015). Pyrgolidium internodulum (S. V. Wood, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836209 on 2015-04-12
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  4. ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)
  5. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 326; described as Turbonilla rosea

Further reading

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