Pyrgulina interstriata

Pyrgulina interstriata
	Drawing of a shell of Pyrgulina interstriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Pyrgulina
Species:	P. interstriata
Binomial name
	Pyrgulina interstriata; (Souverbie, 1866)
Synonyms
	Odostomia densecostata Garrett; Odostomia interstriata Souverbie, 1866 (basionym);

Pyrgulina interstriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[2]

Description

The thin shell is subpellucid, somewhat glossy, and cinereous. The length of the shell measures 4 mm. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are longitudinally ribbed. The interstices are marked by close spiral striae;. The columella contains a stout fold.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia, Samoa and Fiji Islands.

References

^ Souverbie, Journ. de Conch., xiv, p. 255, 1866
^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588503 on 2012-01-12
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 359; 1889 (described as Odostomia interstriata)

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

[1] Souverbie, Journ. de Conch., xiv, p. 255, 1866

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588503 on 2012-01-12

[3] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 359; 1889 (described as Odostomia interstriata)

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