Odostomia pallida
| Odostomia pallida | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Odostomia pallida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia pallida (Montagu, 1803) [1] | |
Odostomia pallida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2] [3]
Description
The milk-white or yellowish white shell is rather solid, nearly opaque, somewhat glossy.Its length measures 5 mm. It is marked by microscopic spiral striae. The six to seven whorls of the teleoconch are somewhat convex, and rapidly enlarging. The suture is moderate, distinct. The umbilical chink is very narrow or is lacking. The columellar tooth is strong. [4]
Distribution
This species is found in European waters.
Habitat
This species is found in the following habitats:[2]
- Brackish
- Marine
References
- ↑ Montagu, Test. Br., ii, p. 325. t. 21. f. 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2011). Odostomia pallida (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576647 on 2011-11-10
- ↑ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII; p. 346 : Odostomia pallida
External links
| External identifiers for Odostomia pallida | |
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| WoRMS | 576647 |