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Odetta (gastropod)

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Odetta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Odetta
Folin, 1869 [1]
Type species
Odetta sulcata (de Folin, 1870)

Odetta is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Odostomiinae, which is a voluminous taxon of minute marine gastropods with a heterostrophic protoconch.[1]

Taxonomy

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According to Gary Rosenberg's Malacolog however, "Odetta" is not a valid genus name. It is considered to be an unavailable name, because it was published as a "nomen nudum". However, by including the type species in Megastomia, Peñas & Rolán (1999) implicitly treated Odetta as a synonym of Megastomia, contra van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud (1998) who hold it as a valid genus and are followed by the database WoRMS.

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Odetta digitalis (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Leucotina digitalis (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Monotygma amoena (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Odetta felix (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Oscilla felix (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
  • Odetta lectissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Iolaea lectissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)

References

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  1. ^ Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Odetta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456339 on 2015-12-14