Gyrineum pulchellum, common name the tiny winged frog shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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| Shell of Gyrineum pulchellum (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Gyrineum |
| Species: | G. pulchellum
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| Binomial name | |
| Gyrineum pulchellum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs from Indonesia to Northeast Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Gyrineum pulchellum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
External links
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