Pirenella conica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Potamididae.
Taxonomy Reid et al. (2008) moved Potamides conicus to the genus Cerithideopsilla based on the molecular phylogeny research. Other subsequent study also confirmed this placement within Cerithideopsilla.Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithideopsilla)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 212-228. . Other sources treat the species as Pirenella conica.
Distribution Distribution of Pirenella conica include Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.
This species occurs in or around: European waters Madagascar The Red Sea
Description
The shell can attain a length of 14 mm and has a siphonal notch in the lower margin of the opening and the shell is thick. Ecology The development of Pirenella conica is non-planktotrophic.
Parasites of Pirenella conica include: Pirenella conica serves as the first intermediate host of Heterophyes heterophyes.Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11–12): 1233–1254. .
References
Further reading Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
External links
Gastropods.com : Pirenella conica tricolor (f); accessed: 27 April 2011