Odostomia nitens
| Odostomia nitens | |
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| Drawing of Odostomia nitens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia nitens Jeffreys, 1870 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oceanida ovalis Folin, L. de, 1887 | |
Odostomia nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1] [2][3]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 2.9 mm. The white shell is thin, semitransparent, very glossy and shows microscopic growth lines. The are three whorls besides the protoconch. The suture is very narrow, slightly excavated and margined by the overlapping of the whorls. The umbilicus is lacking. The columellar tooth is represented by a broad, but not conspicuous, fold. [4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Atlantic Europe
- Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
- Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verdes
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Mediterranean Sea : Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia nitens Jeffreys, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141005 on 2011-11-10
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol VIII p. 351; 1889
External links
| External identifiers for Odostomia nitens | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4812182 |
| WoRMS | 141005 |