Odostomia turriculata

Odostomia turriculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. turriculata
Binomial name
Odostomia turriculata
Monterosato, 1869

Odostomia turriculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.2 mm and 4 mm. Odostomia paardekooperi van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998 is very similar but Odostomia turriculata has flexuous and opisthocline growthlines and similar but larger embryonic whorls . [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2010). Odostomia turriculata Monterosato, 1869. 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=141021 on 2012-01-12
  2. 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
  3. Aartsen et al . Pyramidellidae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Zool . Verh. Leiden 321 (1998)
External identifiers for Odostomia turriculata
Encyclopedia of Life 4811867
WoRMS 141021
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