Odostomia lukisii

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Odostomia lukisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. lukisii
Binomial name
Odostomia lukisii
Jeffreys, 1859[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Brachystomia lukisii (Jeffreys, 1859)
  • Odostomia (Brachystomia) lukisii (Jeffreys, 1859)

Odostomia lukisii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • Atlantic Ocean : off the Azores and West Africa.
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Mediterranean Sea : Greek Exclusive Economic Zone and Southwest Coast of Apulia

References

  1. Jeffreys J. G. (1859). Further gleanings in British Conchology. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 3: 30-43 106-120. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141002 on 2011-11-10
  3. de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea (CD-ROM): 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
  4. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

External links

External identifiers for Odostomia lukisii
Encyclopedia of Life 4811864
WoRMS 141002


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