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Pirenella microptera

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Species of gastropod

Pirenella microptera
Shell of Pirenella microptera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Pirenella
Species: P. microptera
Binomial name
Pirenella microptera
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842)
  • Cerithideopsilla microptera (Kiener, 1842)
  • Cerithium microptera Kiener, 1842 (original combination)
  • Tympanotonos microptera (Kiener, 1841)
  • Typhanotus microptera (Kiener, 1841)

Pirenella microptera is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 40 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2016)

Ecology

Pirenella microptera is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870519 on 2016-03-29
  2. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

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Taxon identifiers
Cerithidea microptera


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