Odostomia acuta

Odostomia acuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]

Odostomia acuta
Odostomia acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species:
O. acuta
Binomial name
Odostomia acuta
Jeffreys, 1848

Description
Odostomia acuta var. attenuata

The shell is rather solid, but semitransparent and lustrous, with microscopic close spiral striae, and still more minute, flexuous, crowded growthlines. The shell is whitish with a tinge of flesh-color. There are six whorls besides the embryonic ones. The periphery is obtusely keeled. The umbilicus is conspicuous but small. The tooth is strong and prominent. The outer lip is occasionally striate within.[6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Angola
  • Atlantic Europe
  • Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Irish Exclusive economic Zone
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Morocco
  • Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Wimereux

References
  1. Odostomia acuta Jeffreys, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2019.
  2. Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  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. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  5. 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.
  6. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 348-349; 1889
  • "Odostomia acuta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
  • To CLEMAM
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To GenBank
  • To Marine Species Identification Portal
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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