Odostomia turrita
Odostomia turrita | |
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Drawing of a shell of Odostomia turrita | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Odostomia |
Species: | O. turrita |
Binomial name | |
Odostomia turrita Hanley, 1844 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Odostomia nana Jeffreys, 1884 [2] |
Odostomia turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[3][4][5][6]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 2 mm - 3.5 mm. The shell is solid, semitransparent, and glossy. Its color is yellowish white or whitish, with a dark border below the suture The teleoconch contains 5-6 whorls. It is microscopically spirally striate. The periphery is obtusely keeled. The suture is narrow but distinct. There is no umbilicus. The columellar tooth is small, not prominent. [7]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[3]
- Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
- British Isles
- English Channel
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Goote Bank
- Irish Exclusive economic Zone
- Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- Wimereux
- in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece
- in the Atlantic ocean off the Azores, Madeira, Tenerife and West Africa.
References
- ↑ Hanley. Zool. Proc., p. 18, 1844
- ↑ Jeffreys, Zool Proc. ,346, 1884
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia turrita Hanley, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141022 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. (Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory). Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 348; 1886
External links
External identifiers for Odostomia turrita | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 4811856 |
NCBI | 177501 |
WoRMS | 141022 |