Odostomia turrita

Odostomia turrita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. turrita
Binomial name
	Odostomia turrita; Hanley, 1844
Synonyms
	Odostomia nana Jeffreys, 1884

Odostomia turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2 mm – 3.5 mm. The shell is solid, semitransparent, and glossy. Its color is yellowish white or whitish, with a dark border below the suture The teleoconch contains 5–6 whorls. It is microscopically spirally striate. The periphery is obtusely keeled. The suture is narrow but distinct. There is no umbilicus. The columellar tooth is small, not prominent.^[7]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[3]

Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
British Isles
English Channel
European waters (ERMS scope)
Goote Bank
Irish Exclusive economic Zone
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Wimereux
in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece
in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Madeira, Tenerife and West Africa.

References

^ Hanley. Zool. Proc., p. 18, 1844
^ Jeffreys, Zool Proc. ,346, 1884
^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia turrita Hanley, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141022 on 2012-01-12
^ Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
^ Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. (Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory). Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
^ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 348; 1886

External links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
CLEMAM
Encyclopedia of Life
GenBank
Marine Species Identification Portal
World Register of Marine Species
"Odostomia (Odostomia) turrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

Media related to Odostomia turrita at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Hanley. Zool. Proc., p. 18, 1844

[2] Jeffreys, Zool Proc. ,346, 1884

[WoRMS-3] Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia turrita Hanley, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141022 on 2012-01-12

[4] Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

[5] Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

[6] Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. (Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory). Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

[7] Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 348; 1886

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