Odostomia inflata

Odostomia inflata
Drawing of Odostomia inflata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. inflata
Binomial name
Odostomia inflata Carpenter, 1864 [1]

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

Description

The thin shell is light ashy,covered under an ash-colored epidermis. There are four rapidly increasing whorls besides the nucleus. The suture is very minutely impressed, and closely spirally striated. There is no umbilicus. The columellar tooth is transverse and acute. The length of the shell is 6.5 mm. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

1. ^ Carpenter, Ann. Mag. N. Hist., xv, 1865
2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia inflata Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581222 on 2011-11-10
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 358; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Odostomia inflata
WoRMS	581222

• To World Register of Marine Species