Biology:Levipyrgulina

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Levipyrgulina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Tribe:	Chrysallidini
Genus:	Levipyrgulina Laws, 1941
Species
See text.

Levipyrgulina is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.

Shell description

The original description of the genus and the type species can be found at: [1]

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are (were) most likely ectoparasites.

Species within the genus Levipyrgulina

• Levipyrgulina sulcata Laws, 1941 (Type species) Holotype in Auckland Museum, accession number AM71008
• Levipyrgulina marginata Laws, 1941

References

• Laws, C. R. (1941). "Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelandic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 8. The Pyrgunillid genera and the genus Evalea.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 71 (1): 6–22 + plates 1–2. 

External links

• Levipyrgulina sulcata illustration of type species

Wikidata ☰ Q16984511 entry

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