Odostomia communis
| Odostomia communis | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Odostomia communis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. communis
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| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia communis (C.B. Adams, 1852) [1]
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Odostomia communis is a
Description
The small, milk-white shell is pupiform and generally cancellated. It measures 3.2 mm. The
columella is stout, profoundly but distinctly plaited, reflected very much anteriorly. It is provided with a strong fold at its insertion. The parietal wall is covered with a thick callus.[4] The operculum is radiately corrugated.[5]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Panama to Peru.
References
- ^ C. B. Adams, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist, of N. Y., vol. 5, 1852, p. 390.
- ^ WoRMS (2011). Odostomia communis (C.B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575830 on 2011-10-26
- ^ Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064:
- ^ William Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch, "A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks", Smithsonian Institution, 1909
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 297, 1889