Mormula
Genus of gastropods
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Mormula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
| Mormula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Mormula A. Adams, 1863[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1864 | |
Description
Species
Species within the genus Mormula include:[2]
- Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880)
- Mormula hirasei Kuroda, 1960
- Mormula macandreae A. Adams, 1870
- Mormula persarum Melvill & Standen, 1903
- Mormula philippiana (Dunker, 1860)
- Mormula pseudorex (Nomura, 1936)
- Mormula rex (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Mormula aureocincta Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Pyrgiscus aureocinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
- Mormula excellens G.B. Sowerby III, 1907: synonym of Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
- Mormula humilis (Preston, 1905): synonym of Quirella humilis (Preston, 1905)
- Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Turbonilla philippiana Dunker, 1860
- Mormula terebra (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Chrysallida terebra A. Adams, 1861