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

Pyrgulina pupaeformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgulina
Species:
P. pupaeformis
Binomial name
Pyrgulina pupaeformis
(Souverbie, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida maiae (Hornung & Mermod, 1924)
  • Chrysallida pupula A. Adams, 1861 (doubtful synonym)
  • Dunkeria scalaris dentata F. Nordsieck, 1972 · unaccepted
  • Linopyrga pascoei (Angas, 1867)
  • Noemia arctelirata de Folin, 1879 · unaccepted
  • Odostomia costulata Dunker, 1860 (doubtful synonym)
  • Odostomia kreffti Angas, 1867 (doubtful synonym)
  • Odostomia pascoei Angas, 1867 (doubtful synonym)
  • Odostomia pupaeformis (Souverbie, 1865)
  • Pyramidella pupaeformis Souverbie, 1865 (original combination)
  • Pyrgulina costulata (Dunker, 1860)
  • Pyrgulina montbruni Saurin, 1959 (doubyful synonym)
  • Pyrgulina muinamensis Saurin, 1959
  • Pyrgulina pupula (A. Adams, 1861)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Thailand and off Vietnam; also off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Pyrgulina pupaeformis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743106 on 2015-12-16
  • Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nhatrang (Vietnam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences (Saigon) 1959: 223-283, pls. 1-9 page(s): 248
  • Dunker, W. (1860). Neue japanische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6: 221-240
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp.
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