''Parthenina pyttelilla'' is a species of

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mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S. (2015). Parthenina pyttelilla (Schander, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817985 on 2015-04-04Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l. Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73.

References

* eñas, A.; Rolán, E.; Swinnen, F. (2014). ''The superfamily Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in West Africa, 11. Addenda 3''. Iberus. 32(2): 105-206 page(s): 116

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1994 {{Pyramidellidae-stub