| Orinella pulchella | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Orinella pulchella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Orinella |
| Species: | O. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854) | |
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Orinella pulchella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Description
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.
References
- A. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch , iii, p. 808, t. 171, f. 20, 1855,
- ^ 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
- 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
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| Orinella pulchella | |