Orinella pulchella

Orinella pulchella
	Drawing of a shell of Orinella pulchella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Orinella
Species:	O. pulchella
Binomial name
	Orinella pulchella; (A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms
	Tiberia pulchella (A. Adams, 1854);

Orinella pulchella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[2]

Description[edit]

The shell has a polished appearance. It is yellowish white, with a sutural chocolate band, appearing on the periphery of the body whorl. The columella has two plications.^[3]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.

References[edit]

^ A. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch , iii, p. 808, t. 171, f. 20, 1855,
^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588474 on 2012-01-12
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 301 (described as Pyramidella pulchella)

External links[edit]

To World Register of Marine Species
"Tiberia pulchella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
Ronald G. Noseworthy, Na-Rae Lim, and Kwang-Sik Choi, A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea; Korean Journal of Malacology, Vol. 23(1): 65-104, June 30, 2007^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] A. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch , iii, p. 808, t. 171, f. 20, 1855,

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588474 on 2012-01-12

[3] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 301 (described as Pyramidella pulchella)

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