Galapagos Species Database

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Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella Dall & Bartsch, 1909

Uñas de mar, Sea Nails

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Superfamily
Pyramidelloidea

Family
Pyramidellidae

Genus
Odostomia (Chrysallida)

Species
rinella

Taxon category: Accepted

Note: The autor of the species mentioned Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella in the publication origin; Chrysallida is a subgenus (Dall & Bartsh, 1909)

Origin: Native

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos. Kaiser, K. L. (1997). The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos / (p. 76). https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129924.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20446. Accessed 8 June 2026.