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'''''Pyramidella hancocki''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2011). Strong & Hertlein (1939). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575941 "''Pyramidella hancocki''".] World Register of Marine Species. 2012-01-12.</ref><ref>Keen, M. (1971). ''Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú''. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press, pp. 1064.</ref>

==Description== The length of its seashell is around 8.8&nbsp;mm and its diameter is around 2.8&nbsp;mm. Its slender shell is dull brown in color with a distinct sulcus on the periphery.<ref name="ref3">{{Cite book |last=Keen |first=Myra |url=https://archive.org/details/seashellsoftropi0000keen/page/768/mode/2up |title=Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru |publisher=Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press |year=1971 |page=768 |chapter=1876. Pyramidella (Pyramidella) hancocki}}</ref> As a member of the Pyramidella genus, it has a conic and elongated shell. Its columella may have one to three folds.<ref name="ref4">{{Cite book |last=Keen |first=Myra |url=https://archive.org/details/seashellsoftropi0000keen/page/766/mode/2up |title=Sea shells of tropical west America; marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru |publisher=Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press |year=1971 |page=767 |chapter=Genus Pyramydella Lamarck, 1799}}</ref>

==Distribution== This species is found in the Pacific Ocean, off Panama Bay, where specimens have been dredged at depths of 5 to 16 metres .<ref name="ref3" />

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==External links== * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575941 World Register of Marine Species] * {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=11832|title=''Pyramidella hancocki''|access-date=7 February 2012}} * [https://archive.org/details/seashellsoftropi0000keen/page/768/mode/2up Keen, M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. Stanford University Press]{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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Category:Pyramidellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1939 Category:Taxa named by Leo George Hertlein Category:Taxa named by Archibald McClure Strong

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