Odostomia improbabilis Oberling, 1970
Congo and Biafra Bight north to Mediterranean; Cabo Verde archipelago, Canarias. Ectoparasit in the infralittoral.
 
Synonym verduini van Aarsten, 1987, who writes: « The embryonic whorls arre of type B […] Sculpture: except for the strongly prosocline growth lines there is a faint spiral striature all over the whorl as well as one spirally incised line at about one third from above (abapically) at each whorl. Last whorl: occupying about 0.60 of the total length. Mouth: slightly oval, occupying about 0.35 of the total length. Columella: concave, with a clear tooth, somewhat adapical from the middle. » – J. J. van Aartsen: “ European Pyramidellidae: III. Odostomia and Ondina, Bollettino Malacologico vol.23(1-4), Milano 1987, p.5.

80m deep, Saronic Gulf, SE. Greece. 2,4mm.

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