Odostomia ziziphina

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Odostomia ziziphina
Drawing of a shell of Odostomia ziziphina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odostomia
Species:
O. ziziphina
Binomial name
Odostomia ziziphina
Synonyms
  • Odostomia (Menestho) ziziphina Carpenter, 1857
  • Parthenia ziziphina Carpenter,1856

Odostomia ziziphina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

The minute, white shell has a conic shape. The length is 0.65 mm. The protoconch is mammillated. The whorls of the teleoconch are marked by five spiral lirations of which two appear between the sutures, one at the periphery and two on the base. The columella has an oblique fold.[4]

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