Odostomia alia

Species of gastropod

Odostomia alia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Family:  | Pyramidellidae
Genus:  | Odostomia
Species:  |

O. alia

Binomial name
Odostomia alia

Peñas & Rolán, 1999[1]

Odostomia alia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description[edit]

The white, shiny, slightly ovoid shell grows to a length of 1.6 mm. The teleoconch contains four smooth, turreted whorls. The body whorl measures ⅔ of the total length of the shell. The growth lines are leaning forward (adapically) with respect to the direction of the cone. Just like Eulimella polita, the aperture has a continuous peristome, but, in contrast, has no columellar fold. The outer lip lacks teeth.[3]

## Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to the Congo region at a depth of 36 m.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Peñas A. & Rolán E., 1999. La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa Occidental. 4. los géneros Megastomia, Odostomia, Noemiamea y Syrnola. Iberus suplemento 5: 1-150.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. ^ Odostomia alia Peñas & Rolán, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2019.
3. ^ a b 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 2)

## External links[edit]

* To Encyclopedia of Life
* To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q13912898
* GBIF: 6517858
* IRMNG: 11806859
* WoRMS: 458097

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