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Styloptygma jaculum

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Styloptygma jaculum
Drawing of a shell of Styloptygma jaculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Styloptygma
Species:
S. jaculum
Binomial name
Styloptygma jaculum
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syrnola (Styloptygma) jaculum (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1896, "1897")
  • Syrnola jaculum Melvill & Standen, 1896

Styloptygma jaculum 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 white sharp-pointed shell has a length of 8 mm. The teleoconch contains 11 straight and smooth whorls. These a very slightly channeled at the sutures. The aperture is oblique. The outer lip is simple; The columella is once plaited.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands.

References

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  • Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993) A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Is. and the Adjacent Area. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp. page(s): 372
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