- Odostomia beringi
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Odostomia beringi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade PanpulmonataSuperfamily: Pyramidelloidea Family: Pyramidellidae Genus: Odostomia Species: O. beringi Binomial name Odostomia beringi
Dall, 1871 [1]Synonyms Odostomia (Amaura) beringi Dall, 1871
Odostomia beringi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
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Description
The ovate, umbilicated shell is bluish white. It measures 5.7 mm. The nuclear whorls are small, obliquely immersed in the first of the succeeding turns. The five post-nuclear whorls are moderately rounded, slightly shouldered at the summits, marked by retractive lines of growth. The periphery of the body whorl is well rounded. The base of the shell is short and strongly umbilicated. The aperture is oval;. The posterior angle is obtuse. The outer lip is thin. The columella is strong, sinuous, decidedly reflected and is provided with a strong fold a little below its insertion. The parietal wall is glazed by a callus. [4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska at the Norton Sound.
References
- ^ Dall, Am. Joum. Conch., vol. 7, 1872, p. 117
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia beringi Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581108 on 2011-10-26
- ^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
- ^ William Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch , "A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks" , Smithsonian Institution, 1909
External links
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