Mormula

Mormula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description
The thick shell is turreted and shaped like an awl, rissoid, solid, and longitudinally plicate. The aperture is large. The columella is spirally tortuous. The outer lip is thickened within. The margin acute.

Species
Species within the genus Mormula include:
 * Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880)
 * Mormula hirasei Kuroda, 1960
 * Mormula macandreae A. Adams, 1870
 * Mormula persarum Melvill & Standen, 1903
 * Mormula philippiana (Dunker, 1860)
 * Mormula pseudorex (Nomura, 1936)
 * Mormula rex (Pilsbry, 1904)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Mormula aureocincta Kuroda & Habe, 1971 : synonym of Pyrgiscus aureocinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
 * Mormula excellens G.B. Sowerby III, 1907 : synonym of Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
 * Mormula humilis (Preston, 1905) : synonym of Quirella humilis (Preston, 1905)
 * Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Turbonilla philippiana Dunker, 1860
 * Mormula terebra (A. Adams, 1861) : synonym of Chrysallida terebra A. Adams, 1861