Longchaeus acus

Needle pyram
A shell of Longchaeus acus from Samoa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Longchaeus
Species:
L. acus
Binomial name
Longchaeus acus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Lonchaeus acus [sic]Gmelin, 1791
  • Longchaeus punctatus (Férussac, 1821)
  • Pyramidella (Longchaeus) acus (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
  • Pyramidella acus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Pyramidella maculosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Pyramidella musculosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816
  • Pyramidella punctata Schubert, H.G. & A.J. Wagner, 1829 (invalid: homonym and synonym of Pyramidella punctata Férussac, 1821)
  • Pyramidella punctata Férussac, 1821
  • Voluta acus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Voluta guttata Link, H.F., 1807

Longchaeus acus, common name the needle pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.