Longchaeus insularum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Longchaeus insularum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Longchaeus |
| Species: | L. insularum
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| Binomial name | |
| Longchaeus insularum (Pilsbry, 1922)
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Description
editThe shell has a yellowish color, banded and spotted with chestnut, with fine longitudinal white raised striations, appearing like low rounded riblets, with occasional darker macillations, especially on the base. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture and periphery are channeled. The aperture is channeled at the base. The columella is straight, three plaited. The length of the shell is 15 mm.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Longchaeus insularum (Pilsbry, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739733 on 2015-04-18
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 302-303; 1889 (described as Pyramidella canaliculata)
- Sowerby, G. B., II. 1874. Descriptions of twelve new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873:718–722, pl. 59