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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Rissoidae 

Pyramidella ambigua Gould, 1849

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua (Gould, 1849)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [] Gould, A. A. 1849. p.118, pl. 15, fig. 261a-c
USNM holotype presumed lost Clermont Tonnere Island, Réao, Tuamotu Is.

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ less common at depths of 3 to 13 m (Kay 1979) ]
Original Epithet:  ambigua
habitat: coral reef [ (Kay 1979) ]
habitat: tide pools [ (Kay 1979) ]
Original Text Name:  Pyramidella ambigua
Original Genus:  Pyramidella

References

  . p.84 [ Fig 29 A ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Rissooidea
                        Rissoidae
                          Rissoininae
                            Rissoina d'Orbigny, 1840
                              Rissoina (Rissoina) d'Orbigny, 1840
                                Rissoina (Rissoina) ambigua (Gould, 1849)
                                  Pyramidella ambigua Gould, 1849

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34074) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.