Tiberia paumotensis is a species of minute 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 Tiberia paumotensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Tiberia |
| Species: | T. paumotensis
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| Tiberia paumotensis (Tryon, 1886)
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Description
editThe thin, smooth, white shell is hyaline. Its length measures 10 mm. The upper whorls suddenly taper to an acute apex. The base of the shell is slightly produced. The teleoconch contains nine convex whorls. The suture is margined. The columella is slightly callous, with two oblique plaits, the lower one most conspicuous, the upper smaller and deep-seated.[2]
Distribution
editThe type species has been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Tuamotus.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Tiberia paumotensis (Tryon, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588548 on 2012-01-12
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 303;1889