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Tiberia paumotensis

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Tiberia paumotensis
Drawing of a shell of Tiberia paumotensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Tiberia
Species:
T. paumotensis
Binomial name
Tiberia paumotensis
(Tryon, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Pyramidella hyalina Garrett
  • Pyramidella paumotensis Tryon, 1886 (basionym)

Tiberia paumotensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

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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

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The type species has been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Tuamotus.

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