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

Description

The white shell is thin, transparent, and very glossy. The length measures . The five to six whorls of the teleoconch have deep sutures. The umbilicus is very distinct, but small. The columellar tooth is small, but prominent. Owing to the transparency of the whorls, the periphery of each appears like a narrow band round the top of the succeeding one.

Odostomia umbilicaris

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: European waters (ERMS scope) (Scandinavia, Mediterranean Sea) Irish Exclusive economic Zone

Odostomia umbilicaris

References

External links

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To World Register of Marine Species

Odostomia umbilicaris

umbilicaris

Gastropods described in 1863