Odostomia satura

Odostomia satura
Apertural view of a shell of Odostomia satura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. satura
Binomial name
Odostomia satura Carpenter, 1865
Synonyms
Aartsenia satura (Carpenter, 1865) Odostomia (Amaura) satura (Carpenter, 1865)

Odostomia satura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The white shell has a medium size and is broadly conic. Its length measures 6.4 mm. The whorls of the protoconch number at least two. They form a depressed spire, the axis of which is almost at a right angle to the axis of the later whorls, and which is deeply, somewhat obliquely immersed in the first turn of the teleoconch . The 5½ whorls of the teleoconch are moderately well rounded, and faintly shouldered at the summit. They are marked all over by irregular rough, low, tumescenses, which simulate obsolete vertical ribs. The sutures are simple, and well marked. The periphery of the body whorl is well rounded. The base of the shell is quite short, decidedly rounded, and umbilicated. The umbilicus is partly covered by the revolute columella. The aperture is large, very broadly oval, and somewhat effuse anteriorly. The posterior angle is obtuse. The outer lip is thick. The columella is moderately strong, oblique, decidedly curved, with a decided oblique fold, situated considerably anterior to its insertion. The parietal wall is covered by a fairly thick callus. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Washington, USA

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia satura Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581249 on 2011-11-10
2. 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.
3. Dall & Bartsch, A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks, United States National Museum Bulletin 68, p. 221; 1909

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• To ITIS