Odostomia tasmanica

Tasmania pyramid-shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species:
O. tasmanica
Binomial name
Odostomia tasmanica
(Tenison Woods, 1877)
Synonyms

Styloptygma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (basionym)

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]

Description

The length of the shell measures 2 mm.

Distribution

This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, the Bass Strait, New South Wales and Victoria.

References

  1. ^ Simon Grove, A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania : Odostomia tasmanica
  • OBIS : Odostomia tasmanica
  • CF Laseron, The Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(2) 177 - 268


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