Odostomia laevigata

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Odostomia laevigata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species:
O. laevigata
Binomial name
Odostomia laevigata
(d’Orbigny, 1841) [1]

Odostomia laevigata, common name the ovoid odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2] [3]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm. The thin, oblong shell is whitish, smooth and shining. The sixwhorls are slightly convex with their suture opaquely margined. The columella has a very slight fold. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ d'Orbigny, Moll. Cuba, t. 17, f. 7
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia laevigata (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420457 on 2011-11-10
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 357; 1889]

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