Auristomia erjaveciana

Auristomia erjaveciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Auristomia erjaveciana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Auristomia
Species:
A. erjaveciana
Binomial name
Auristomia erjaveciana
(Brusina, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Menestho tenuicula F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Odostomia erjaveciana Brusina, 1869
  • Odostomia retardata Tiberi, N.D.N., 1869
  • Odostomia (Auristomia) erjaveciana Brusina, S., 1869

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1.9 mm and 3 mm. The shell is smooth. The aperture is large and auriculate.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Auristomia erjaveciana (Brusina, 1869). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836193 on 2015-12-14
  2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 321; 1889
  • van Aartsen J.J. & Menkhorst H.P.M.G. (1996) Nordsieck's Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda Prosobranchia): A revision of his types. Part 1: The genera Chrysallida, Ondina (s.n. Evalea) and Menestho. Basteria 60(1-3: 45-56. [23 August 1996
  • Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Pusateri F., Micali, P., Nofroni, I., Bartolini S. (2014). Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo, vol. 5 (Heterobranchia). Edizioni Danaus, Palermo, pp. 1– 111 with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1–91.

page(s): 54, appendix p. 13, 60


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