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Odostomia andamanensis

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Pyramidelloidea

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6.75 mm, its diameter 1.75 mm.

(Original description) The subulate shell is greyish white, painted with an indistinct whitish, infra-sutural, spiral band, semi-transparent. The 10 whorls are marked with transverse lines of growth. The sutures are impressed. The aperture is elongately oval. The columella is posteriorly plicate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman & Nicobar Islands

References

Odostomia andamanensis Wikipedia


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