''Chrysallida simulans'' is a species of

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mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of a number within the genus ''

Chrysallida ''Chrysallida'' is a speciose genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae within the tribe Chrysallidini.Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: G ...

''.WoRMS (2011). ''Chrysallida simulans'' (Chaster, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416633 on 2011-10-26BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: * United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
simulans Gastropods described in 1898 {{Pyramidellidae-stub