Ondina

Ondina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5]

Ondina
Ondina divisa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Ondina
de Folin, 1870 [1]
Type species
Evalea semiornata Folin, L. de, 1872
Synonyms

Auriculina, Gray, 1847 (name preoccupied by Grateloup, 1838)

Description

The thin shell has an oval shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are smooth or spirally striated. The columellar tooth is obsolete.[6]

Species

Species within the genus Ondina include:[2]

References

  1. Folin. Fonds de la Mer, 1870,
  2. Gofas, S. (2011). Ondina de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138414 on 2011-10-26
  3. Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
  4. 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
  5. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  6. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 320; 1886
  • Aartsen, J.J. van, 1987. European Pyramidellidae:III. Odostomia and Ondina. — Boll, malac. 23:1-34


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