Hypermastus pusillus
| Hypermastus pusillus | |
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| Shell of Hypermastus pusillus (original image) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Hypermastus |
| Species: | H. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypermastus pusillus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) | |
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Hypermastus pusillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1][2]
Description
(Original description) The shell is straight and subulate in outline, thin and translucent, with a pure white, almost transparent surface. The whorls are only slightly convex. The aperture is elongate-oval in shape and tapers to a point posteriorly.[3]
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Hypermastus pusillus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566087 on 2014-12-21
- ↑ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1917). "A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53 (2207): 317. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
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