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Odostomia boermani J.J. Van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & J. Goud, 1998

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Pyramidellidae »  genus Odostomia

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Odostomia boermani

Author: Aartsen, van, Gittenberger & Goud

Odostomia boermani

Author: Aartsen, van, Gittenberger & Goud

Odostomia boermani

Author: Ardovini, R. & Cossignani, T.

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Description

Shell strong, forming a slender, somewhat pagoda-like cone. Colour milky-white and shiny. Embryonic whorls intorted, type C. Teleoconch consisting of about five whorls which are only slightly curved in their upper two-thirds and markedly more convex in the lower third. Suture well-marked. Only growthlines can be detected, which are about orthocline. Outer lip thin, smooth inside. Umbilicus a small chink. There is a moderately prominent tooth on the columella.
Dimensions: H. 2.5-2.7 mm, W. 1.0-1.3 mm; holotype: 2.7 x 1.3 mm.
Aartsen, J.J. , Gittenberger, E. & Goud, J., 1998. Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 1)

Interchangeable taxa

O. boermani spec. nov. is similar to O. lukisii Jeffreys, 1859, as far as its shiny, milky-white whorls and the flat, intorted topwhorls are concerned. However, the shape of the whorls is quite different and the shells are clearly larger than those of O. lukisii.
Aartsen, J.J. , Gittenberger, E. & Goud, J., 1998. Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected during the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 1)
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Odostomia boermani Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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