Pyramidellidae

The Pyramidellidae is a large family of mostly small mollusks. The family appears to be not well studied, and many of the names here may well change. Many have thin, fragile shells. The species figured here are ones we have seen and photographed; no doubt there are still many unrecorded species from the Marshalls. (Click on a thumbnail for more images of that species.)


Longchaeus acus


Longchaeus insularum

Longchaeus maculosus

Pyramidella terebelloides

Otopleura mitralis

Otopleura nodicincta

Styloptygma aciculina

Turbonilla varicosa

Turbonilla sp. 1

Turbonilla sp. 2

Turbonilla? sp. 3

Pyramidellid sp. 3

Pyramidellid sp. 4

Pyramidellid sp. 7

Pyramidellid sp. 8

Pyramidellid sp. 9

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