Odostomia scalaris

Odostomia scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. scalaris
Binomial name
	Odostomia scalaris; MacGillivray, 1843
Synonyms
	Brachystomia scalaris (Macgillivray, 1843); Odostomia (Brachystomia) rissoides Hanley, 1844; Odostomia (Brachystomia) scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843); Odostomia rissoides Hanley, 1844; Odostomia scalaris var. nitida (Alder, 1844);

Odostomia scalaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

Classification: According to Heppell (in McKay & Smith 1979) it is preferably to use Odostomia rissoides Hanley, 1844 instead of Odostomia scalaris , while Van Aartsen prefers the senior name Odostomia scalaris.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gofas, S. (2011). Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141014 on 2011-11-10
^ ITIS database
^ 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
^ Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. (Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory). Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
^ Aartsen, J.J. van, 1987a. Nomenclatural notes, 4. Melania scalaris Philippi , 1836, and Odostomia scalaris Macgillivray, 1843.— Basteria 51:149,150.

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