| Tasmania pyramid-shell | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. tasmanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
Styloptygma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (basionym) Contents | |
Odostomia tasmanica, common name the Tasmania pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1]
The length of the shell measures 2 mm.
This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, the Bass Strait, New South Wales and Victoria.
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs.
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