The Pyramidellidae Family includes 3385 species comprising 4 subfamilies (Turbonillinae (22 genus), Odostomiinae (3), Syrnolinae (2), ...)
and 146 genus (Turbonilla (1067 species), Odostomia (500), Eulimella (190), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :GastropodaSubclass :HeterobranchiaInfraclass :EuthyneuraSubterclass :TectipleuraSuperorder :PylopulmonataSuperfamily :PyramidelloideaFamily :Pyramidellidae
Common name : pyramid shells
Aspect : tapered shell. pronounced columellar folds
Feeding : parasite of polychaetes, porifers, ascidians, molluscs but also sometimes predator
Environment : shallow sedimentary or sandy bottoms
Longchaeus acus (Gmelin, 1791)
Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Total collection for Pyramidellidae : 2 species (7 shells in total)
