Pirenella microptera

Pirenella microptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Pirenella
Species:	P. microptera
Binomial name
	Pirenella microptera; (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
	Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842); Cerithideopsilla microptera (Kiener, 1842); Cerithium microptera Kiener, 1842 (original combination);

Pirenella microptera is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 40 mm.

Pirenella microptera is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[2]

Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870519 on 2016-03-29
Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

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