Orinella pulchella | |
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Drawing of a shell of Orinella pulchella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Orinella |
Species: | O. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Orinella pulchella | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Orinella pulchella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]
The shell has a polished appearance. It is yellowish white, with a sutural chocolate band, appearing on the periphery of the body whorl. The columella has two plications. [3]
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.