- Odostomia moratora
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Odostomia moratora Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade PanpulmonataSuperfamily: Pyramidelloidea Family: Pyramidellidae Genus: Odostomia Species: O. moratora Binomial name Odostomia moratora
Dall & Bartsch, 1909Synonyms Odostomia (Amaura) moratora Dall & Bartsch, 1909
Odostomia moratora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
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Description
The elongate-ovate, yellowish-white shell is imperforate. The nuclear whorls are decollated. The six post-nuclear whorls are strongly rounded, moderately contracted at the sutures and narrowly flatly shouldered at the summit. They are marked by strong lines of growth and subobsolete fine spiral lirations which lend the surface a somewhat reticulated appearance. The spaces between the feeble lirations are marked by numerous very fine spiral striations. The periphery of the last whorl and base is inflated, stongly rounded and marked like the spire. The aperture is oval. The posterior angle is obtuse. The outer lip is thin. The columella is stout, oblique, revolute and provided with a strong fold a little below its insertion. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia moratora Dall & Bartsch, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581230 on 2011-11-10
- ^ 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
External identifiers for Odostomia moratora WoRMS 581230 Categories:
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