Odostomia laevigata explained

Odostomia laevigata, common name the ovoid odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm. The thin, oblong shell is whitish, smooth and shining. The sixwhorls are slightly convex with their suture opaquely margined. The columella has a very slight fold.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• Aruba
• Belize
• Bonaire
• Caribbean Sea
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Curaçao
• Gulf of Mexico
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Lesser Antilles
• Mexico
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela
• the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil and Argentina.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Odostomia laevigata (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420457 on 2011-11-10
2. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
3. [G.W. Tryon]