Odostomia plicata

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

Odostomia plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Odostomia
Species:	O. plicata
Binomial name
Odostomia plicata (Montagu, 1803)[1]

Description

The thin shell is transparent and polished. Its length measures 2.5 mm. It is marked with microscopic spiral striae. Its color is very pale yellowish white or white, darker at the suture. There are 5 to 6 whorls in the teleoconch. The sutures are moderately impressed. There is no umbilicus or a narrow chink in full-grown specimens. The columellar tooth is small, but distinct.^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[2]

• British Isles
• European waters (ERMS scope)
• Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
• Irish Exclusive economic Zone
• Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
• South West Coast of Apulia
• Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
• United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone