Odostomia turrita

Odostomia turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[3][4][5][6]

Odostomia turrita
Odostomia turrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Odostomia
Species:
O. turrita
Binomial name
Odostomia turrita
Hanley, 1844 [1]
Synonyms

Odostomia nana Jeffreys, 1884 [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm – 3.5 mm. The shell is solid, semitransparent, and glossy. Its color is yellowish white or whitish, with a dark border below the suture The teleoconch contains 5–6 whorls. It is microscopically spirally striate. The periphery is obtusely keeled. The suture is narrow but distinct. There is no umbilicus. The columellar tooth is small, not prominent.[7]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[3]

  • Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • British Isles
  • English Channel
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Goote Bank
  • Irish Exclusive economic Zone
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Wimereux
  • in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece
  • in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Madeira, Tenerife and West Africa.

References
  1. Hanley. Zool. Proc., p. 18, 1844
  2. Jeffreys, Zool Proc. ,346, 1884
  3. Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia turrita Hanley, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141022 on 2012-01-12
  4. Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 348; 1886
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