Odontocymbiola americana

Odontocymbiola americana
Apertural view of Odontocymbiola americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Odontocymbiola
Species:
O. americana
Binomial name
Odontocymbiola americana
(Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Odontocymbiola macaensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997
  • Odontocymbiola saotomensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997
  • Voluta americana Reeve, 1856 (original combination)

Odontocymbiola americana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Subspecies
  • Odontocymbiola americana americana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Odontocymbiola americana cleryana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1856) (synonym: Voluta cleryana Petit de la Saussaye, 1856)
  • Odontocymbiola americana macaensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997
  • Odontocymbiola americana saotomensis Calvo & Coltro, 1997

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Brazil

References

  1. ^ Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
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