Odostomia alia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The white, shiny, slightly ovoid shell grows to a length of 1.6 mm. The teleoconch contains four smooth, turreted whorls. The body whorl measures ⅔ of the total length of the shell. The growth lines are leaning forward (adapically) with respect to the direction of the cone. Just like Eulimella polita, the aperture has a continuous peristome, but, in contrast, has no columellar fold. The outer lip lacks teeth.

Odostomia alia

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to the Congo region at a depth of 36 m.

Odostomia alia

References

External links

To Encyclopedia of Life

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

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Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean

Gastropods described in 1999

Odostomia alia