Ptycheulimella
Genus of gastropods
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Ptycheulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
| Ptycheulimella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrnolinae |
| Tribe: | Syrnolini |
| Genus: | Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tornatella pyramidata Deshayes. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) Sacco, 1892 | |
Description
The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The axial sculpture consists of obsolete ribs, frequently only shown in the early turns of the teleoconch. Spiral sculpture, if present, consists of microscopic striations only.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Ptycheulimella include:[2]
- Ptycheulimella eulimelloides (Nomura, 1936)[4]
- Ptycheulimella hemiplicata (Nomura, 1936)[5]
- Ptycheulimella misella (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Ptycheulimella rikuzenica (Nomura, 1936)[6]
- Ptycheulimella supramisella (Nomura, 1938)[7]
- Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis (Nomura, 1938)[8]
- Ptycheulimella yabei Nomura 1939[9]