Pirenella microptera

Pirenella microptera
Shell of Pirenella microptera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

Description

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

Ecology

Pirenella microptera is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[2]

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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