Ptycheulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588485 on 2011-11-29
Description The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The axial sculpture consists of obsolete ribs, frequently only shown in the early turns of the teleoconch. Spiral sculpture, if present, consists of microscopic striations only.G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 59
Species Species within the genus Ptycheulimella include: Ptycheulimella eulimelloides (Nomura, 1936)OBIS: Ptycheulimella eulimelloides Ptycheulimella hemiplicata (Nomura, 1936)OBIS: Ptycheulimella hemiplicata Ptycheulimella misella (Yokoyama, 1922) Ptycheulimella rikuzenica (Nomura, 1936)OBIS: Ptycheulimella rikuzenica Ptycheulimella supramisella (Nomura, 1938)OBIS: Ptycheulimella supramisella Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis (Nomura, 1938)OBIS: Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis Ptycheulimella yabei Nomura 1939OBIS: Ptycheulimella yabei
References
External links World Register of Marine Species