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Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
Pyram or pyramid snails
Family Pyramidellidae
updated Aug 10

Where seen? Family Pyramidellidae is a huge family. Most members are tiny and are parasites on sea urchins and bivalves. Among the larger pyram snails seen on our shores are the Cat's ear pyramid snail.

Family Pyramidellidae recorded for Singapore
from Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore.

  Family Pyramidellidae
  Odostomia antelia
Odostomia cincta
Otopleura auriscati
(Cat's ear pyramid snail)
Pyramidella dolabrata
Pyramidella ventricosa
Syrnola eminuta
Tropaeas subulata
Turbonilla archeri
Turbonilla laminedentata
Turbonilla martensi

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