''Odostomella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pyramidellidae
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, the pyrams and their allies.
[Gofas, S. (2010). ''Odostomella''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138412 on 2011-10-26[Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Odostomella'' include:
* ''
Odostomella africana''
Schander, 1994
* † ''
Odostomella awatubu''
(Nomura, 1938)
* ''
Odostomella bicincta''
(Tiberi, 1868)
* ''
Odostomella bucquoyi''
(Locard, 1886)
* ''
Odostomella carceralis''
Pimenta, Absalao & Alencar, 2000
* ''
Odostomella chorea''
(Hedley, 1909)
* ''
Odostomella doliolum''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''
Odostomella farica''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Odostomella germaini''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
* ''
Odostomella graffeuilli''
Saurin, 1959
* ''
Odostomella innocens''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Odostomella knudseni''
Schander, Hori & Lundberg, 1999
* ''
Odostomella metata''
(Hedley, 1907)
* ''
Odostomella nuptialis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Odostomella opaca''
(Hedley, 1906)
* ''
Odostomella patricia''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''
Odostomella pupa''
(Watson, 1886)
* ''
Odostomella pupina''
(Saurin, 1959)
* ''
Odostomella rufolineata''
(A. Adams, 1863)
* ''
Odostomella virginalis''
Thiele, 1925
;The following species were brought into synonymy:
* ''Odostomella jeffreysiana''
(Monterosato, 1884): synonym of ''
Chrysallida jeffreysiana''
(Monterosato, 1884)
* ''Odostomella nuptalis''
ic synonym of ''
Odostomella nuptialis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''Odostomella padangensis''
Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Salassia padangensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Odostomella purpurea''
Saurin, 1959: synonym of ''
Herviera gliriella''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
References
Schander C., Hori S. & Lundberg J. (1999), Anatomy, phylogeny and biology of ''Odostomella'' and ''Herviera'', with the description of a new species of Odostomella (Mollusca, Heterostropha, Pyramidellidae).Ophelia 51 (1): 39-76* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
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