Odostomia andamanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
| Odostomia andamanensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. andamanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia andamanensis (Preston, 1908)
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| Synonyms | |
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Styloptygma andamanensis Preston, 1908 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 6.75 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.
(Original description) The subulate shell is greyish white, painted with an indistinct whitish, infra-sutural, spiral band, semi-transparent. The 10 whorls are marked with transverse lines of growth. The sutures are impressed. The aperture is elongately oval. The columella is posteriorly plicate.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
References edit
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Odostomia gradusuturae Penas & Rolan, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458104 on 2011-11-10
- ^ Preston, H. B. "Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands." Records of the Indian Museum 2.2 (1908): 187-210