Styloptygma jaculum | |
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Drawing of a shell of Styloptygma jaculum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Styloptygma |
Species: | S. jaculum
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Binomial name | |
Styloptygma jaculum (Melvill & Standen, 1896)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Styloptygma jaculum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands.