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 pirinthella Melvill, 1910

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 pirintella*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Literature

original description	Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9: 171-207, pls 4-6.
additional 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 pirinthella Melvill, 1910. 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:730741