Chrysallida mayii

May's pyramid-shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Chrysallida
Species:	C. mayii
Binomial name
	Chrysallida mayii; (Tate, 1898)
Synonyms
	Odostomia mayii (Tate, 1898); Odostomia (Egila) mayii (Tate, 1898); Odontostomia (Pyrgulina) mayii Tate, 1898 (basionym);

Chrysallida mayii, common name the May's pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[2]

Description[]

The length of the shell measures 2.5 mm.

Distribution[]

This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.

References[]

^ Tate, R., 1898. On some Australian species of Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae.. Trans. R. Soc. SA, 22(2):80-85.
^ Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia mayii

OBIS : Odostomia mayii

External links[]

Tasmanian shells: photo of Odostomoia mayii

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[1] Tate, R., 1898. On some Australian species of Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae.. Trans. R. Soc. SA, 22(2):80-85.

[2] Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia mayii

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