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Chrysallida mayii

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May's pyramid-shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Chrysallida
Species:
C. mayii
Binomial name
Chrysallida mayii
(Tate, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia mayii (Tate, 1898)
  • Odostomia (Egila) mayii (Tate, 1898)
  • Odontostomia (Pyrgulina) mayii Tate, 1898 (basionym)

Chrysallida mayii, common name the May's pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell measures 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Tate, R., 1898. On some Australian species of Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae.. Trans. R. Soc. SA, 22(2):80-85.
  2. ^ Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia mayii
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