Styloptygma jaculum
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Styloptygma jaculum | |
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Drawing of a shell of Styloptygma jaculum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Styloptygma |
Species: | S. jaculum
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Binomial name | |
Styloptygma jaculum (Melvill & Standen, 1896)[1]
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Styloptygma jaculum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
The white sharp-pointed shell has a length of 8 mm. The teleoconch contains 11 straight and smooth whorls. These a very slightly channeled at the sutures. The aperture is oblique. The outer lip is simple; The columella is once plaited.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands.
References
- ^ Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 (+ pls 9-11 published in April 1897).. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Styloptygma jaculum (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740056 on 2015-04-16
- ^ Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 (described as Syrnola jaculum)
- Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993) A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Is. and the Adjacent Area. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp. page(s): 372
External links
- World Register of Marine SpeciesError: "Q7663452" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.