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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgolidium |
| Species: | P. internodulum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgolidium internodulum (S.V. Wood, 1848)
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Description
editThe 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
editThis 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
edit- ^ a b c Pyrgolidium internodulum (S. V. Wood, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.
- ^ 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
- ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- ^ 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)
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 326; described as Turbonilla rosea
Further reading
edit- 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
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
- CLEMAM
- Encyclopedia of Life
- "Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 March 2012.