Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Genus Pyrgulina

Pyrgulina maiae Hornung & Mermod, 1924

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyrgulina*	A. Adams, 1863	accepted genus name
*Odostomia (Pyrgulina)*	A. Adams, 1863	synonym
*Parthenia (Pyrgulina)*	A. Adams, 1863	synonym

Species group names

*Chrysallida maiae*	(Hornung & Mermod, 1924)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hornung, A. & Mermod, G. (1924-1925). Mollusques de la Mer Rouge recueillis par A. Issel faisant partie des collections du Musée Civique d'Histoire Naturelle de Gênes. Première partie, Pyramidellides. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 51: 283-289 [31 October 1924]; 290-305 [12 November 1924]; 306-311 [10 March 1925]. Preprint 283-311 [31 October 1924].
basis of record	Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nhatrang (Vietnam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences (Saigon) 1959: 223-283, pls. 1-9.
additional source	Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp.
additional source	Vitale, F.; Trono, D. (2025). Four non-indigenous Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from the Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy), Ionian Sea. Bollettino Malacologico. 61(1): 11-17.
status source	Peñas, A.; Rolán, E.; Sabelli, B. (2020). The family Pyramidellidae in the Red Sea. I. The tribe Chrysallidini. Iberus. 38 (supplement 8): 1-93.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgulina maiae Hornung & Mermod, 1924. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743104