{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Longchaeus candidus | authority = (Mörch, 1875) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Pyramidella candida'' <small>Mørch, 1875</small> * ''Pyramidella (Longchaeus) candida'' (Mörch, 1875) }}

thumb | right '''''Longchaeus candidus''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2010). ''Longchaeus candidus'' (Mörch, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420462 on 2011-10-26</ref><ref>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.</ref>

==Description== The shell grows to a length of 14&nbsp;mm. {{Expand section|date=November 2011}}

==Distribution== This species occurs in the following locations:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * Gulf of Mexico * Caribbean Sea : Panama, Virgin Islands * in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, North Carolina, the Bahamas, North Brazil

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.eol.org/pages/15534243 Encyclopedia of Life] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420462 World Register of Marine Species] {{Taxonbar|from=Q6673649}}

Category:Pyramidellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1875 Category:Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch

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