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Odostomia occultidens

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Odostomia occultidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species:
O. occultidens
Binomial name
Odostomia occultidens
May W.L., 1915

Odostomia occultidens, common name the hidden-toothed pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell measures 1.5 mm. The minute, white shell is translucent, shining, and smooth. The shell contains three whorls plus a prominent heterostrophe pullus. The adult whorls are rounded, regularly increasing. The aperture is ovately-pyriform. The columella is arched, thin, with a minute plication, rather above the centre, which is invisible from a front view.[2]

Distribution

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This species is found in the littoral zone and offshore off New South Wales, the Bass Strait and Tasmania

References

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  1. ^ Simon Grove. "Pyramidellidae - Odostomiinae: Odostomia (unplaced) occultidens May, 1915 ('hidden-toothed pyramid-shell')". molluscsoftasmania.net.
  2. ^ May, W. L. (1915). "Additions to the Tasmanian Marine Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1915: 75–99. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.12849.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D. F., 1962, A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. The Australian Museum, Sydney, Memoir, 11:1-185
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne Univ. Press, Melbourne. 475
  • OBIS : Odostomia occultidens