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]
Tasmania pyramid-shell | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Odostomia |
Species: | O. tasmanica
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Binomial name | |
Odostomia tasmanica (Tenison Woods, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
Styloptygma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (basionym) |
Description
editThe length of the shell measures 2 mm.
Distribution
editThis endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, the Bass Strait, New South Wales and Victoria.
References
edit- OBIS : Odostomia tasmanica
- CF Laseron, The Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(2) 177 - 268