Longchaeus suturalis

Crenulated pyram
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Longchaeus
Species:	L. suturalis
Binomial name
	Longchaeus suturalis; (H. C. Lea, 1843)
Synonyms
	Pyramidella crenulata (Holmes, 1859); Pyramidella suturalis Lea, H.C., 1846 (basionym);

Longchaeus suturalis, common name the crenulated pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 14 mm.

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c WoRMS (2010). Longchaeus suturalis (H. C. Lea, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420463 on 2011-10-26
^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.