Prestoniella

Prestoniella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae within the family Odostomiidae.

Prestoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:
Chrysallidinae
Genus:
Prestoniella

Saurin, 1958
Species

See text

Shell description

The original description by Laseron (1958) (in French) is extremely short and only states that the base of the shell is without spiral ribs.

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Prestoniella include:

  • Prestoniella prestoni (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (Type species) (as Pyrgulina prestoni)
  • Prestoniella lamyi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
  • Prestoniella affectuosa (Yokoyama, 1927)
  • Prestoniella orientalis (Nomura, 1936)
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References
  • Saurin, E. (1958). "Pyramidellidae de Pho-Hai (Sud Viêt-Nam)". Annales de la Faculté des Sciences de Saigon. 1958: 63–86, Pl 1–9.


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