Megastomia simplex

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | name = Simple pyramid shell | image = Syrnola simplex 001.png | image_caption = Drawing of a shell of ''Syrnola simplex'' | taxon = Megastomia simplex | authority = (Angas, 1871) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Agatha simplex'' (Angas, 1871) · * ''Odostomia simplex'' Angas, 1871 * ''Syrnola (Agatha) simplex'' (Angas, 1871) }}

'''''Megastomia simplex''''', common name the '''simple pyramid shell''', is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.<ref>of Tasmania : ''Syrnol [http://www.molluscsoftasmania.net/Species%20pages/Syrnola%20simplex.html A guide to the seashell and other marine mollusks a simplex]''</ref><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megastomia simplex (Angas, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722616 on 2022-07-17</ref>

==Description== The white, rather solid shell has a smooth appearance. The length of the shell measures {{convert|4|mm|in}}. The teleoconch contains 7½ rather flat whorls . They are a little angulated at the suture. The aperture is lirate within. Its plait is sharp and transverse.<ref name="Tryon">[https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 363; 1889]</ref>

==Distribution== The type specimen of this marine species was found off Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

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Category:Pyramidellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1871