Odostomia krausei
Encyclopedia
Odostomia krausei is a species
of sea snail
, a marine
gastropod mollusk in the family
Pyramidellidae
, the pyrams and their allies.
are only moderately rounded, somewhat shouldered at the summit (surface decidedly eroded). The periphery and the base of the body whorl
are well rounded, the latter with a minute umbilical chink. The aperture
is ear-shaped, somewhat effuse anteriorly. The posterior angle is scarcely acute. The outer lip
is very thick, reflexed. The pillar has a broad, strong, oblique fold, a little anterior to its insertion. The parietal wall is covered by a thick callus.
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
, the pyrams and their allies.
Description
The elongate-conic shell is thick and heavy, rough through erosion, yellowish white. It measures 9.9 mm. The nuclear whorls are decollated in the type, judging from the pit in the apex they are probally deeply, obliquely immersed. The six post-nuclear whorlsWhorl (mollusc)
A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...
are only moderately rounded, somewhat shouldered at the summit (surface decidedly eroded). The periphery and the base of the body whorl
Body whorl
Body whorl is part of the morphology of a coiled gastropod mollusk.- In gastropods :In gastropods, the body whorl, or last whorl, is the most recently-formed and largest whorl of a spiral or helical shell, terminating in the aperture...
are well rounded, the latter with a minute umbilical chink. The aperture
Aperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....
is ear-shaped, somewhat effuse anteriorly. The posterior angle is scarcely acute. The outer lip
Lip (gastropod)
In the shell of a gastropod mollusk , the margin of the aperture is called the lip or the peristome. In other words, this is a term used to describe part of gastropod shell anatomy....
is very thick, reflexed. The pillar has a broad, strong, oblique fold, a little anterior to its insertion. The parietal wall is covered by a thick callus.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Killisnoo, Alaska, and Kodiak IslandKodiak Island
Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
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