Odostomia calcarella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
| Odostomia calcarella | |
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| Apertural view of Odostomia calcarella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. calcarella
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| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia calcarella Bartsch, 1912
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Description
editThe creamy-white shell is very broadly elongate-conic. It measures 3.3 mm. The nuclear whorls are obliquely immersed in the first of the succeeding turns. The five post-nuclear whorls are moderately well rounded, slightly shouldered at the summit. They are marked by decidedly retractive lines of growth and numerous, strong, incised, spiral lines. The sutures are constricted. The periphery of the body whorl is subangulated and inflated. The base of the shell is short and narrowly umbilicated. It is marked like the spire. The large aperture is somewhat effuse anteriorly. The outer lip is thin and strongly curved. The inner lip is slender, decidedly curved and reflected, and provided with a moderately strong fold a little anterior to its insertion.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Rosa Island, California.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia calcarella Bartsch, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581109 on 2011-10-26
- ^ 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.
- ^ Paul Bartsch, Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum :42; 1912