Odostomia sicula

Odostomia sicula
Apertural view of Odostomia sicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. sicula
Binomial name
Odostomia sicula
Philippi, 1851 [1]

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

Description

The white shell is solid,and, polished. Its length measures 6.25 mm. The eight whorls of the teleoconch are nearly flat. They are marked with microscopic growth lines. The periphery of the shell is more or less distinctly keeled or angulated. The shell shows an impressed spiral line. The small umbilicus goes deep. The columellar tooth is strong and prominent. The interior of the lip is ridged, terminating in small tubercles within the aperture.

G.W. Tryon (1889) considers it a synonym of Odostomia conoidea Brocchi. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Philippi, Zeitsch. fur Malac., p. 88, 1852.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gofas, S. (2010). Odostomia sicula Philippi, 1851. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141015 on 2011-11-10
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 349-350; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Odostomia sicula
Encyclopedia of Life 4812016
WoRMS 141015