Odostomia tasmanica

Odostomia tasmanica, common name the Tasmania pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Tasmania pyramid-shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Odostomia
Species:
O. tasmanica
Binomial name
Odostomia tasmanica
(Tenison Woods, 1877)
Synonyms

Styloptygma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (basionym)

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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