Odostomia electa

Odostomia electa
Drawing of Odostomia electa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. electa
Binomial name
Odostomia electa
Jeffreys, 1883 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Brachystomia electa (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Eulimella electa Jeffreys, 1883
  • Liostomia electa (Jeffreys, 1883)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2.1 mm. The thin shell is nearly transparent, glossy, with microscopical growthlines. There are four, rather swollen whorls with a deep suture. The umbilicus is small and narrow. The columella has a superior, small, sunken tooth. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jeffreys. Zool. Proc., p. 394, 1883
  2. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia electa Jeffreys, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140987 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. 344; 1889
External identifiers for Odostomia electa
Encyclopedia of Life 10289271
WoRMS 140987
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