Pyramid Snails
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs.
The pyram family is distributed worldwide with more than 6,000 named species in more than 350 nominal genera and subgenera.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Turbonillinae
subfamilyTurbonillinae
Boonea
genusBoonea
Odostomia
genusOdostomia
Pyramidellinae
subfamilyPyramidellinae
Longchaeus
genusLongchaeus
Otopleura
genusOtopleura
Chrysallida
genusChrysallida
Cingulina
genusCingulina
Parthenina
genusParthenina
Pyrgulina
genusPyrgulina
Ividella
genusIvidella
Megastomia
genusMegastomia
Peristichia
genusPeristichia
Odostomella
genusOdostomella
Eulimastoma
genusEulimastoma
Sayella
genusSayella
Fargoa
genusFargoa
Brachystomia
genusBrachystomia
Agatha
genusAgatha
Oscilla
genusOscilla
Miralda
genusMiralda
Tiberia
genusTiberia
Ondina
genusOndina
Evalea
genusEvalea
Iolaea
genusIolaea
Ividia
genusIvidia
Spiralina
genusSpiralina
Herviera
genusHerviera
Triptychus
genusTriptychus
Marginodostomia
genusMarginodostomia
Gumina
genusGumina
Ivara
genusIvara
Noemiamea
genusNoemiamea
Houbricka
genusHoubricka
Mormula
genusMormula
Euparthenia
genusEuparthenia
Bacteridium
genusBacteridium
Milda
genusMilda
Babella
genusBabella
Pyrgisculus
genusPyrgisculus
Trabecula
genusTrabecula
Styloptygma
genusStyloptygma
Tragula
genusTragula
Mumiola
genusMumiola
Kejdonia
genusKejdonia
Pseudocingulina
genusPseudocingulina
Morrisonietta
genusMorrisonietta
Menestho
genusMenestho
Besla
genusBesla
Linopyrga
genusLinopyrga
Obexomia
genusObexomia
Striodostomia
genusStriodostomia
Petitilla
genusPetitilla
Terelimella
genusTerelimella
Siogamaia
genusSiogamaia
Striarcana
genusStriarcana
Planpyrgiscus
genusPlanpyrgiscus
Aartsenia
genusAartsenia
Quirella
genusQuirella
Cinctiuga
genusCinctiuga
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84988.