Odostomella
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Odostomella is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....

, the pyrams and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Odostomella include:
  • Odostomella africana
    Odostomella africana
    Odostomella africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...

    Schander, 1994
  • Odostomella bicincta
    Odostomella bicincta
    Odostomella bicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Distribution:This species occurs in the following locations:* Canary Islands* Cape Verde* Mediterranean Sea...

    (Tiberi, 1868)
  • Odostomella carceralis
    Odostomella carceralis
    Odostomella carceralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* * *...

    Pimenta, Absalao & Alencar, 2000
  • Odostomella doliolum
    Odostomella doliolum
    Odostomella doliolum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc within the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.- Habitat :The minimum recorded depth for this species is 33 m. The maximum recorded depth is 101 m....

    (Philippi, 1844)
  • Odostomella knudseni
    Odostomella knudseni
    Odostomella knudseni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...

    Schander, Hori & Lundberg, 1999



The following species were brought into synonymy:
  • Odostomella jeffreysiana (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Chrysallida jeffreysiana
    Chrysallida jeffreysiana
    Chrysallida jeffreysiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Distribution:This species occurs in the following locations:* Canary Islands* European waters...

    (Monterosato, 1884)

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