Odostomia laevigata
| Odostomia laevigata | |
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| Drawing of Odostomia laevigata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. laevigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia laevigata (d’Orbigny, 1841) [1] | |
Odostomia laevigata, common name the ovoid odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm. The thin, oblong shell is whitish, smooth and shining. The six whorls are slightly convex with their suture opaquely margined. The columella has a very slight fold. [4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Aruba
- Belize
- Bonaire
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Lesser Antilles
- Mexico
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Venezuela
- the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil and Argentina.
References
- ↑ d'Orbigny, Moll. Cuba, t. 17, f. 7
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia laevigata (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420457 on 2011-11-10
- ↑ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1889]
External links
| External identifiers for Odostomia laevigata | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 455861 |
| ITIS | 75510 |
| WoRMS | 420457 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
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