Ondina Explained

Ondina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

The thin shell has an oval shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are smooth or spirally striated. The columellar tooth is obsolete.^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Ondina include:

• Ondina anceps (Gaglini, 1992)
• Ondina coarctata (Sars G.O., 1878)
• Ondina crystallina Locard, 1892
• Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848)
• Ondina dilucida (Monterosato, 1884)
• Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797)
• Ondina elachisinoides Hori & Fukuda, 1999
• Ondina fragilissima Peñas & Rolán, 2002
• Ondina jansseni van Aartsen & Menkhorst, 1996
• Ondina modiola (Monterosato, 1884)
• Ondina mosti (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998)
• Ondina neocrystallina Gaglini, 1991
• Ondina normani (Friele, 1886)
• Ondina obliqua (Alder, 1844)
• Ondina perezi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1925)
• Ondina scandens (Monterosato, 1884)
• Ondina strufaldii Peñas & Rolán, 1999
• Ondina vitrea (Brusina, 1866)
• Ondina warreni (Thompson W., 1845)

References

• Aartsen, J.J. van, 1987. European Pyramidellidae:III. Odostomia and Ondina. — Boll, malac. 23:1-34

External links

• GenBank
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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. . vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
5. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 320; 1886