Odostomia verhoeveni

Odostomia verhoeveni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species: O. verhoeveni
Binomial name
Odostomia verhoeveni
van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998[1]

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

Description

The white, shiny shell has ta slender, elongate-conic shape. The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 1.8 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are helicoid. The teleoconch contains 4½ to 5 flat whorls. The almost horizontal suture is slightly channeled. The sinuous growth lines are slightly opisthocline (i.e. following the growth direction) . The sculpture is almost smooth. There is a faint spiral, microscopic striation. The outer lip is thin and smooth inside. There is sometimes alslight umbilical chink. The columellar tooth is well-developed, and situated deep inside the columella. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania.

References

  1. ↑ van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud (1998). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 321 : 1-57. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Odostomia verhoeveni van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458519 on 2012-01-12
  3. ↑ J.J. van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 1); CANCAP-project . Contributions, no. 119; Zool . Verh. Leiden 321, 15.vi.1998:1-57, figs 1-68
External identifiers for Odostomia verhoeveni
Encyclopedia of Life 19650381
WoRMS 458519


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