Odostomia pocahontasae
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| Odostomia pocahontasae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Odostomia |
| Species: | O. pocahontasae |
| Binomial name | |
| Odostomia pocahontasae Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 | |
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Odostomia pocahontasae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]
The length of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 5.7 mm. It is dextrally coiled and multicellular with a calcium carbonate mineralized skeleton.[4] It sexually reproduces and moves by mucus mediated gliding.