Ondina diaphana
| Ondina diaphana | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Ondina diaphana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Ondina |
| Species: | O. diaphana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848) | |
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Ondina diaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]
Description
The lustrous, whitish shell is very thin and nearly transparent. Its length varies between 1.8 mm and 2.5 mm. The teleoconch contains five whorls. The sculpture is marked by microscopic growth lines. The oblique suture is narrow. The outer lip is flexuous, and deeply sinuous above. The columellar tooth is obsolete. The insignicant umbilicus is developed in the adult only.[4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Atlantic Ocean : Azores
- North Sea : European waters, United Kingdom
- Mediterranean Sea
References
- 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141031 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea (CD-ROM): 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 350; 1886
- Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
External links
| External identifiers for Ondina diaphana | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4812924 |
| NCBI | 177505 |
| WoRMS | 141031 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To CLEMAM
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To GenBank
- To Marine Species Identification Portal
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Ondina diaphana; retrieved: 25 January 2012
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