Orinella pulchella
Orinella pulchella | |
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Drawing of a shell of Orinella pulchella | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Orinella |
Species: | O. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Orinella pulchella | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Orinella pulchella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell has a polished appearance. It is yellowish white, with a sutural chocolate band, appearing on the periphery of the body whorl. The columella has two plications.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ A. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch , iii, p. 808, t. 171, f. 20, 1855,
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588474 on 2012-01-12
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 301 (described as Pyramidella pulchella)