Odontocymbiola americana

Odontocymbiola americana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Odontocymbiola americana
Apertural view of Odontocymbiola americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Odontocymbiola
Species:	O. americana
Binomial name
Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms
Odontocymbiola macaensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997 Odontocymbiola saotomensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997 Voluta americana Reeve, 1856 (original combination)

Subspecies

• Odontocymbiola americana americana (Reeve, 1856)
• Odontocymbiola americana cleryana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1856) (synonym: Voluta cleryana Petit de la Saussaye, 1856)
• Odontocymbiola americana macaensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997
• Odontocymbiola americana saotomensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Brazil

References

• Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1856). Description of three new volutes from the collections of the Hon. Mrs. Cathcart and Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 24: 2-3, pl. 33