Ondina modiola
| Ondina modiola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Ondina |
| Species: | O. modiola
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| Binomial name | |
| Ondina modiola (Monterosato, 1884)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Auriculina modiola Monterosato 1884 (basionym) | |
Ondina modiola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2] It was originally described as Auriculina modiola in 1884 by Italian malacologist Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato.[3]
Description
[edit]The shell is glassy and translucent, with a dotted and sometimes striped spiral structure, and reaches a length of 2 mm. The columellar fold is almost absent and the inner edge of the columella is folded over the umbilical rim.[3] Monterosato wrote of it consisting of "3 ½ recesses, descending, compressed, finely striated" and the original publication of the species described them as "elegant and rare shells."[3] It is most likely a simultaneous hermaphrodite.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea (Sicily, Spain).[2] It is found in coastal areas and occasionally muddy sediment and coral zones.[3] Ondina modiola is known to occur around the Magnisi Peninsula in Sicily.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Monterosato, II Nat. Sicil., p. 203, 1885
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2010). Ondina modiola (Monterosato, 1884). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367555 on 2012-01-12
- ^ a b c d Di Monterosato, T. A.; Di Monterosato, T. A. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo: Stab. Tip. Virzì.
- ^ "Ondina modiola". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
- ^ Ondina modiola Auriculina in Appolloni M, Smriglio C, Amati B, Lugliè L, Nofroni I, Tringali L P, Mariottini P, Oliverio M, plazi (2018). Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4477.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-09-09.
- Templado, J. and R. Villanueva 2010 Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148–198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.
- Oliver Baldoví D., 2007 : Catálogo de los Gasterópodos testáceos marinos de la parte Sur del Golfo de Valencia (España) Iberus 25(2): 29-61
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