Styloptygma aciculina

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

Styloptygma aciculina
Shell of Styloptygma aciculina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Styloptygma
Species:
S. aciculina
Binomial name
Styloptygma aciculina
(Souverbie, 1865)
Synonyms

Odostomia aciculina Souverbie, 1865 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Styloptygma aciculina (Souverbie, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881304 on 2018-07-18
  • Souverbie, M. & Montrouzier, X., 1865. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 150-159
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2016). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. 3. The tribes Eulimellini and Syrnolini. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. 304 pp. page(s): 280, figs 14E, 74D-H


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