Odostomia tasmanica
| Tasmania pyramid-shell | |
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| 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 | |
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Styloptygma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877 (basionym) | |
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]
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
- 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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