Pseudoscilla bilirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm. Like most Pyramidellidae, the shell is white. Protruding dextral ridges spiral up the shell's opening to the tip. The opening lip of the shell is ridged.

Pseudoscilla bilirata

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the Atlantic coast of Africa, from Morocco in the north to Angola in the south. It also occurs on the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Islands, but it does not occur in Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Pseudoscilla bilirata

References

External links

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life

Pseudoscilla bilirata

Pyramidellidae

Gastropods described in 1870

Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean

Gastropods of Africa

Molluscs of the Canary Islands

Molluscs of Madeira