Odostomia wareni
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Odostomia wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
Description
The slender, white to transparent shell has a nearly cylindrical shape with an obtuse apex. Its length measures 1.7 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are intorted. The teleoconch contains 3½ rounded whorls. The suture is well marked. The growthlines are somewhat prosocline (i.e. with the growth lines leaning forward (adapically) with respect to the direction of the cone) and not strongly marked. The sculpture of the surface is smooth and shiny. The outer lip is thin. There is no umbilicus. The columellar tooth is weak and is deeply seated inside the pyriform aperture.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean in the following locations:[1]
- Cape Verdes
- Ghana
- São Tomé and Principe Archipelagos
- Senegal
References
- ^ a b c WoRMS (2010). Odostomia wareni (Schander, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224414 on 2012-01-12
- ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- ^ J.J. van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 1); CANCAP-project . Contributions, no. 119; Zool . Verh. Leiden 321, 15.vi.1998:1-57, figs 1-68
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Odostomia wareni; retrieved: 23 January 2012