Pyrgolidium internodulum

Pyrgolidium internodula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

Pyrgolidium internodulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgolidium
Species:
P. internodulum
Binomial name
Pyrgolidium internodulum
(S.V. Wood, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chemnitzia corbis Conti, 1864 (dubious synonym)
  • Chemnitzia internodula S.V. Wood, 1848 (original name)
  • Odostomia rosea Monterosato, 1877
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula (S.V. Wood, 1848)
  • Turbonilla rosea von Maltzan, 1885
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) rosea Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1877

Description

The shell has a rosy color. The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened with straight narrow ribs, becoming evanescent at the periphery of the body whorl. The interspaces are much wider, with two spiral series of nodules.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Angola
  • Cape Verde
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Morocco
  • Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Senegal
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone

References
  1. Pyrgolidium internodulum (S. V. Wood, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.
  2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  4. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)
  5. G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 326; described as Turbonilla rosea

Further reading
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F., Micali, P., Nofroni, I., Bartolini S. (2014). Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo, vol. 5 (Heterobranchia). Edizioni Danaus, Palermo, pp. 1– 111 with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1–91 page(s): 86, appendix p. 33-34, 81
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
  • To CLEMAM
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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