| Tiberia paumotensis | |
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| Drawing of ashell ofTiberia paumotensis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Tiberia |
| Species: | T. paumotensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiberia paumotensis (Tryon, 1886) | |
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Tiberia paumotensis is aspecies of smallsea snail, amarinegastropodmollusk in thefamilyPyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
The thin, smooth, white shell is hyaline. Its length measures 10 mm. The upperwhorls suddenly taper to an acuteapex. The base of the shell is slightly produced. Theteleoconch contains nine convex whorls. Thesuture is margined. Thecolumella is slightly callous, with two oblique plaits, the lower one most conspicuous, the upper smaller and deep-seated.[2]
The type species has been found in the Pacific Ocean off theTuamotus.