Pyrgulina
Encyclopedia
Pyrgulina is a small genus
of very small sea snail
s, pyramidellid
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae
of the family
Odostomiidae.
The genus Pyrgulina has become a synonym of Chrysallida
Carpenter, 1856.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, pyramidellid
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae
Chrysallidinae
Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails in the family Pyramidellidae.- Taxonomy :Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Odostomiidae.
The genus Pyrgulina has become a synonym of Chrysallida
Chrysallida
Chrysallida is a speciose genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini.- Taxonomy :...
Carpenter, 1856.
Species
Species within the genus Pyrgulina include:- Pyrgulina arfica (Bartsch, 1915)
- Pyrgulina alveataPyrgulina alveataPyrgulina alveata is a species of very small sea snail, a pyramidellid gastropod micromollusk. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Pyramidellidae. -Description:...
(A. Adams, 1861) - Pyrgulina bantama van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
- Pyrgulina densecostataPyrgulina densecostataPyrgulina densecostata is a species of very small sea snail, a pyramidellid gastropod micromollusk. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Pyramidellidae. -Description:...
(Garrett, 1873) - Pyrgulina durabilis van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
- Pyrgulina epentromidea Melvill, 1899
- Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866)
- Pyrgulina lectaPyrgulina lectaPyrgulina alveata is a species of very small sea snail, a pyramidellid gastropod micromollusk. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Pyramidellidae. -Description:...
(Dall & Bartsch, 1906) - Pyrgulina scripta van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
- Pyrgulina senex Hedley, 1902
- Pyrgulina sowerbyi van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
- Pyrgulina whitechurchi (W.H. Turton, 1932)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Pyrgulina approximans Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Kongsrudia approximansKongsrudia approximansKongsrudia approximans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...
(Dautzenberg, 1912) - Pyrgulina bavayi Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Kongsrudia gruveliKongsrudia gruveliKongsrudia gruveli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...
(Dautzenberg, 1910) - Pyrgulina brusinai Cossmann, 1921: synonym of Chrysallida incertaChrysallida incertaChrysallida incerta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Distribution:This species occurs in the following locations:* Angola* Canary Islands* Cape Verde...
(Milaschewitsch, 1916) - Pyrgulina connexa Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Chrysallida connexaChrysallida connexaChrysallida connexa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Dautzenberg, 1912) - Pyrgulina givenchyi Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Chrysallida jullieniChrysallida jullieniChrysallida jullieni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Dautzenberg, 1912) - Pyrgulina gliriella Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of Herviera gliriellaHerviera gliriellaHerviera gliriella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Melvill & Standen, 1896) - Pyrgulina jullieni Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Chrysallida jullieniChrysallida jullieniChrysallida jullieni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Dautzenberg, 1912) - Pyrgulina lamyi Dautzenberg, 1912 : synonym of Pyrgulina mutata Dautzenberg, 1912
- Pyrgulina mutata Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Kongsrudia mutataKongsrudia mutataKongsrudia mutata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...
(Dautzenberg, 1912) - Pyrgulina nana Hornung & Mermod, 1924: synonym of Chrysallida micronanaChrysallida micronanaChrysallida micronana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...
Ozturk & van Aartsen, 2006 - Pyrgulina obesa Dautzenberg, 1912: synonym of Chrysallida obesaChrysallida obesaChrysallida obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Dautzenberg, 1912)