Odostomia helena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
| Odostomia helena | |
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| Apertural view of Odostomia helena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. helena
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| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia helena Bartsch, 1912
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| Synonyms | |
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Odostomia (Amaura) helena Bartsch, 1912 | |
Description
editShell moderately large measuring 5 mm. It is yellowish-white, very elongate-ovate. The nuclear whorls are small, very obliquely immersed in the first of the succeeding turns, above which the tilted edge of the last volution only projects. The six post-nuclear whorls are subtabulately shouldered at the summit and well-rounded. They are apparently marked by incremental lines only. The sutures are strongly constricted. The periphery of the body whorl is somewhat inflated, well rounded. The base of the shell is short, well rounded and broadly umbilicated. It is marked like the spire. The ovate aperture moderately large. The posterior angle is obtuse. The outer lip is evenly curved. The inner lip is sinuous, reflected over, but not adnate to the base. The columella is provided with a strong oblique fold, which is about one-third of the distance of the length of the inner lip anterior to the insertion of the inner lip. The position of the columellar fold will distinguish this species at a glance from all the other California shells. The parietal wall is covered with a thick callus.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro, California.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia helena Bartsch, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581215 on 2011-11-10
- ^ 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.
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42:286 Odostomia (Amaura) helena