Odostomia capitana

Odostomia capitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. capitana
Binomial name
Odostomia capitana Dall & Bartsch, 1909

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

Description

The elongate oval, light yellow, shell is umbilicated. It measures 4.6 mm. The nuclear whorls are small, deeply, very obliquely immersed in the first of the succeeding turns. The five post-nuclear whorls are well rounded, with strongly rounded summits. The entire surface is marked by fine lines of growth and exceedingly numerous, very fine, wavy, spiral striations. In addition to these markings the whorls are covered by eight very slender, subequally spaced, obsolete threads between the sutures and four which are. considerably stronger and equally spaced on the base. The periphery and base of the body whorl are well rounded, the latter narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is rather large, broadly ovate. The posterior angle is acute. The outer lip is thin. The columella is slender, very strongly curved and reflected, not reenforced by the base. The parietal wall is covered by a thin callus. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska.

References

1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia capitana Dall & Bartsch, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581114 on 2011-10-26
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. ^ William Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch , "A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks" , Smithsonian Institution, 1909

External links

External identifiers for Odostomia capitana
WoRMS	581114

• To World Register of Marine Species