| May's pyramid-shell | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Chrysallida |
| Species: | C. mayii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysallida mayii (Tate, 1898)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
The length of the shell measures 2.5 mm.
Distribution
This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
References
- ↑ Tate, R., 1898. On some Australian species of Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae.. Trans. R. Soc. SA, 22(2):80-85.
- ↑ Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia mayii
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