Ondina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5]

Ondina
Ondina divisa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Ondina
de Folin, 1870[1]
Type species
Evalea semiornata Folin, L. de, 1872
Synonyms

Auriculina, Gray, 1847 (name preoccupied by Grateloup, 1838)

Description

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The thin shell has an oval shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are smooth or spirally striated. The columellar tooth is obsolete.[6]

Species

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Species within the genus Ondina include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Folin. Fonds de la Mer, 1870,
  2. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Ondina de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138414 on 2011-10-26
  3. ^ Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  6. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 320; 1886
  • Aartsen, J.J. van, 1987. European Pyramidellidae:III. Odostomia and Ondina. — Boll, malac. 23:1-34
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