Pyramidelloides mirandus

Pyramidelloides mirandus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Littorinimorpha

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Pyramidelloides mirandus

Shell of Pyramidelloides mirandus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Pyramidelloides
Species:	P. mirandus
Binomial name
*Pyramidelloides mirandus* (A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms^[1]
Pyramidelloides cylindrica Laseron, 1956 Pyramidelloides pacifica Laseron, 1956 Pyramidelloides turris Laseron, 1956 Rissoina (Pyramidelloides) insolita Deshayes, 1863 Rissoina (Pyramidelloides) insolita var. deformis G. Nevill, 1885 Rissoina (Pyramidelloides) insolita var. depauperata G. Nevill, 1885 Rissoina (Pyramidelloides) insolita var. major G. Nevill, 1885 Rissoina bellardii Issel, 1869 Rissoina eucosmia Bartsch, 1915 Rissoina gemmulata Turton, 1932 Rissoina hystrix Souverbie, 1877 Rissoina insolita Deshayes, 1863 Rissoina miranda A. Adams, 1861 (basionym)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific; off Taiwan, Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia)

References

[1]
Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861). Bouchet, P. (2010). Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536340 on 13 March 2011 .

Adams, A. 1861. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 8: 239-246
Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu. [63
Issel, A. 1869. Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Richerche zoologische e paleontologiche. Pisa : Biblioteca malacologica pp. 1–388, pls 1-5.
Souverbie, S.M. 1877. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 25: 71-76
Nevill, G. 1885. Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 2. Gastropoda. Calcutta : Government Printer pp. 1–306.
Bartsch, P. 1915. Report on the Turton collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. United States National Museum Bulletin 91: 1-305, pls 1-54
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII
Turton, W.H. 1932. The Marine Shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London : Oxford University Press 331 pp., 70 pls.
Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484
Warén A. (1983) An anatomical description of Eulima bilineata Alder with remarks on and a revision of Pyramidelloides Nevill (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 12(4): 273-294
Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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