Odostomia dealbata

Odostomia dealbata
Drawing of Odostomia dealbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. dealbata
Binomial name
Odostomia dealbata
(Stimpson, 1851)

Odostomia dealbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

This is a nomen nudum, a naked name that has not been published with an adequate description (or a reference to such a description). Therefore it cannot be accepted as it currently stands. [5]

Description

The white shell is smooth and pellucid. There are six, rather convex whorls 6 with an inconspicuous fold The length of the shell is 4 mm. [6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia dealbata (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160411 on 2011-10-26
  2. ITIS database
  3. Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  4. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. Gastropods.com: Pyramidellidae - nomina non valida; retrieved: 9 November 2011
  6. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology, vol. VIII, p. 357; 1889
External identifiers for Odostomia dealbata
Encyclopedia of Life 455869
ITIS 75516
WoRMS 160411


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