Odostomia truncatula
| Odostomia truncatula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. truncatula |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia truncatula Jeffreys, 1850 [1] | |
Odostomia truncatula is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 4.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Cape Verde (at depths between 140 m and 200 m)
- Europe (Greenland, Ireland, Atlantic France)
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (Plymouth)
References
- ↑ Jeffreys, J.G. , 1850. Supplementary notes on British Odostomiae.— Ann . Mag . nat. Hist.(2)5:108-110.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2011). Odostomia truncatula Jeffreys, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224410 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Warén, A., 1980. Marine Mollusca described by John Gwy n Jeffreys, with the location of the type material.— Conch. Soc. Gr . Britain Ireland, Spec. Publ . 1:1-60
- Fretter, V., A. Graham & E.B. Andrews, 1986. The prosobranch Molluscs of Britain and Danmark. Part 9-Pyramidellacea.—J . moll . Stud., Suppl . 16: 557-649.
- Aartsen et al., 1998 . Pyramidellidae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Zool . Verh. Leiden 321
External links
| External identifiers for Odostomia truncatula | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 455870 |
| ITIS | 75515 |
| WoRMS | 224410 |