Pyrgulina obesa

Pyrgulina obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Pyrgulina obesa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgulina
Species:
P. obesa
Binomial name
Pyrgulina obesa
Dautzenberg, 1912[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chrysallida antimaiae Schander, 1994
  • Chrysallida obesa (Dautzenberg, 1912)

Distribution

This species occurs along the Atlantic coast of Africa, and is known from Ghana, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola and Príncipe.[3]

References

  1. Dautzenberg P. (1912) Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910): Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, (Nouvelle Série) 5(3): p. 73-74
  2. Pyrgulina obesa Dautzenberg, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.
  3. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l. Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73.
  • Schander C. (1994). Twenty-eight new species of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from West Africa. Notiziario del C.I.S.MA. 15: 11-78


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