Chrysallida mayii, common name the May's pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Chrysallida |
| Species: | C. mayii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysallida mayii (Tate, 1898)[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell measures 2.5 mm.
Distribution edit
This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
References edit
- ^ Tate, R., 1898. On some Australian species of Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae.. Trans. R. Soc. SA, 22(2):80-85.
- ^ Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia mayii
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