Ondina obliqua

Ondina obliqua
Drawing of a shell of Ondina obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Ondina
Species: O. obliqua
Binomial name
Ondina obliqua
(Alder, 1844) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Evalea obliqua Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1878
  • Odostomia obliqua Alder, 1844 (basionym)

Ondina obliqua is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The shell reaches a length of 2.5 mm to 5 mm. The very thin, whitish shell has a transparent, glossy appearance. It has a typical intorted protoconch. The teleoconch contains five whorls, marked with fine, close spiral striae, becoming coarser on the base. The suture is deep and oblique. The outer lip is flexuous, retreating, sinuated above. It is smooth within. The columellar tooth shows only a slight obscure fold. There is no umbilicus or a very small umbilical chink. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. Alder J., 1844 : Descriptions of some new British species of Rissoa and Odostomia, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 323-328, pl. 8
  2. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Ondina obliqua (Alder, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141036 on 2012-01-12
  3. 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
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 350; 1886
External identifiers for Ondina obliqua
Encyclopedia of Life 4812921
WoRMS 141036
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