Megastomia conoidea | |
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Drawing of Megastomia conoidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Megastomia |
Species: | M. conoidea |
Binomial name | |
Megastomia conoidea (Brocchi, 1884) |
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External identifiers for Megastomia conoidea | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 4812899 |
ITIS | 75553 |
NCBI | 177487 |
WoRMS | 224401 |
Megastomia conoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
The shell size varies between 2.5 mm and 7 mm. The white shell is solid, polished and with microscopic growthlines. The periphery is more or less distinctly keeled or angulated, with an impressed spiral line. There are eight, nearly flat whorls. The umbilicus is small and deep. The columellar tooth is strong and prominent. The interior of the outer lip is ridged, terminating in small tubercles within the mouth.
(Description of Odostomia sicula) The white shell is solid,and, polished. Its length measures 6.25 mm. The eight whorls of the teleoconch are nearly flat. They are marked with microscopic growth lines. The periphery of the shell is more or less distinctly keeled or angulated. The shell shows an impressed spiral line. The small umbilicus goes deep. The columellar tooth is strong and prominent. The interior of the lip is ridged, terminating in small tubercles within the aperture.
G.W. Tryon (1889) considered it a synonym of Odostomia conoidea Brocchi.
This species occurs in the following locations: