Pirenella microptera

Pirenella microptera is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.^[1]

Pirenella microptera
Shell of Pirenella microptera (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Pirenella
Species:	P. microptera
Binomial name
Pirenella microptera (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
Cerithidea microptera (Kiener, 1842) Cerithideopsilla microptera (Kiener, 1842) Cerithium microptera Kiener, 1842 (original combination) Tympanotonos microptera (Kiener, 1841) Typhanotus microptera (Kiener, 1841)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 40 mm.

Ecology

Pirenella microptera is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.^[2]