''Pyramidelloides'' is a
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of minute,
ectoparasitic
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
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Eulimidae
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Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea ...
.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Pyramidelloides'' include:
* ''
Pyramidelloides angulatus''
(Jickeli, 1882)
* ''
Pyramidelloides angustus''
(Hedley, 1898)
* ''
Pyramidelloides barbadensis''
Moolenbeek & Faber, 1992
* ''
Pyramidelloides carinatus''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''
Pyramidelloides glaber''
Faber, 1990
* ''
Pyramidelloides gracilis''
(Garrett, 1873)
* ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus
''Pyramidelloides mirandus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific; of ...
''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Pyramidelloides multicostatus''
Faber, 1990
* ''
Pyramidelloides tosaensis''
Habe, 1961
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pyramidelloides baculumpastoris''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of ''
Teretianax baculumpastoris
''Teretianax baculumpastoris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teretianax baculumpastoris (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* ''Pyramidelloides cylindrica''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus
''Pyramidelloides mirandus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific; of ...
''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides letsonae''
(Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of ''
Chrystella suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''Pyramidelloides minutus''
(Turton, 1932): synonym of ''
Teretianax minuta
''Teretianax minuta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teretianax minuta (W. H. Turton, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(W. H. Turton, 1932)
* ''Pyramidelloides pacifica''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus
''Pyramidelloides mirandus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific; of ...
''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides pagoda''
(Powell, 1926): synonym of ''
Teretianax pagoda
''Teretianax'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teretianax Iredale, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecie ...
''
Powell, 1926
* ''Pyramidelloides suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of ''
Chrystella suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''Pyramidelloides suteri''
(Oliver, 1915): synonym of ''
Teretianax suteri
''Teretianax'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
The ...
''
(W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
* ''Pyramidelloides triliratus''
(de Folin, 1873): synonym of ''
Teretianax trilirata
''Teretianax'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teretianax Iredale, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecie ...
''
(de Folin, 1873)
* ''Pyramidelloides turris'' L
aseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus
''Pyramidelloides mirandus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific; of ...
''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides viticula''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pandalosia viticula''
(Laseron, 1956) (original combination)
References
* Nevill, G. 1885. ''Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 2. Gastropoda.'' Calcutta : Government
* Printer pp. 1–306.
3, 95 riginal rank: subgenus [of Rissoina Transferred to Eulimidae by Warén, 1983, Zoologica Scripta, 12(4): 273, 289
* Iredale, T. 1918. ''Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions-No. 1.'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 13: 28-40
* 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.
Eulimidae
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