Biology:Haedropleura pygmaea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Haedropleura pygmaea
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.225441 - Haedropleura pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) - Horaiclavidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species:
H. pygmaea
Binomial name
Haedropleura pygmaea
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haedropleura fukuchiana Yokoyama, 1922
  • Mangilia pygmaea Dunker, 1860
  • Mangilia victor G.B. Sowerby III, 1894

Haedropleura pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Turridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

The light-brown shell is longitudinally plicate. The plicae are evanescent towards the base of the body whorl.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, Taiwan, Japan and Fiji.

References

  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q3715924 entry