Odostomia tenuisculpta Parasitic Snail

Odostomia tenuisculpta is commonly referred to as Parasitic Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Karin Fletcher, USA

Odostomia tenuisculpta,Haugen Bay, Port Orchard, WA 2013

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AphiaID:: 581260

Scientific:: Odostomia tenuisculpta
German:: Parasitäre Muschelschnecke
English:: Parasitic Snail

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Pyramidellidae (Family) > Odostomia (Genus) > tenuisculpta (Species)
Initial determination:: P. P. Carpenter, 1864

Occurrence:: British Columbia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Mexico (East Pacific)
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 7 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,2cm - 0,6cm)
Food:: Blood, bodily fluids, skin tissue, Carnivore, Parasitic
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Odostomia aartseni
Odostomia achatinella
Odostomia acrybia
Odostomia acuta
Odostomia acutangula
Odostomia acutidens
Odostomia aequisculpta
Odostomia aethra
Odostomia albuquerqueae
Odostomia aleutica
Odostomia alia
Odostomia aliquanta
Odostomia altina
Odostomia amanda
Odostomia americana
Odostomia amilda
Odostomia anabathmis
Odostomia andamanensis
Odostomia angularis
Odostomia angusta
Odostomia antelia
Odostomia anxia
Odostomia aomori
Odostomia apexdemissus
Odostomia aspera
Odostomia astricta
Odostomia atossa
Odostomia aucklandica
Odostomia audax
Odostomia avellana
Odostomia ayukawaensis
Odostomia babylonica
Odostomia bachia
Odostomia baldridgeae
Odostomia barkleyensis
Odostomia barnardi
Odostomia becki
Odostomia bentenzimana
Odostomia beringi
Odostomia bernardi
Odostomia biformis
Odostomia bismichaelis
Odostomia bissagosensis
Odostomia boermani
Odostomia brandhorsti
Odostomia bruneri
Odostomia bulbula
Odostomia bulimulus
Odostomia bullata
Odostomia bullula
Odostomia buzzurroi
Odostomia calcarella
Odostomia californica
Odostomia callimene
Odostomia callimorpha
Odostomia calliope
Odostomia cana
Odostomia canfieldi
Odostomia capensis
Odostomia capitana
Odostomia carinata
Odostomia cassandra
Odostomia castanea
Odostomia catalinensis
Odostomia chamorum
Odostomia chariclea
Odostomia chinooki
Odostomia chitonicola
Odostomia chordata
Odostomia churchi
Odostomia ciguatonis
Odostomia cionelloides
Odostomia circumcordata
Odostomia citrina
Odostomia clara
Odostomia clausiliformis
Odostomia clavulina
Odostomia clementensis
Odostomia clementina
Odostomia clessini
Odostomia columbiana
Odostomia conspicua
Odostomia contrerasi
Odostomia cookeana
Odostomia corpulenta
Odostomia corpulentoides
Odostomia crassicollosa
Odostomia crassiplicata
Odostomia crispa
Odostomia cryptodon
Odostomia crystallina
Odostomia culta
Odostomia cumshewaensis
Odostomia cypria
Odostomia dalsumi
Odostomia daruma
Odostomia dealbata
Odostomia decouxi
Odostomia delicatula
Odostomia deliciosa
Odostomia deplexa
Odostomia desimana
Odostomia desuefacta
Odostomia dicella
Odostomia didyma
Odostomia digitulus
Odostomia dijkhuizeni
Odostomia dilecta
Odostomia dinella
Odostomia disparilis
Odostomia dorica
Odostomia dusiensis
Odostomia duureni
Odostomia dyma
Odostomia eburnea
Odostomia edmondi
Odostomia elata
Odostomia eldorana
Odostomia elsa
Odostomia engbergi
Odostomia enora
Odostomia enosimensis
Odostomia eremita
Odostomia eronea
Odostomia eruca
Odostomia esilda
Odostomia eugena
Odostomia euglypta
Odostomia exara
Odostomia excisa
Odostomia exiguita
Odostomia exilis
Odostomia exiliter
Odostomia extenuata
Odostomia eyerdami
Odostomia farallonensis
Odostomia farma
Odostomia fehrae
Odostomia fetella
Odostomia fia
Odostomia franciscana
Odostomia francoi
Odostomia franki
Odostomia fujitanii
Odostomia funiculustriata
Odostomia gabrielensis
Odostomia garcerii
Odostomia geoffreyi
Odostomia gittenbergeri
Odostomia glabra
Odostomia glaphyra
Odostomia gloriosa
Odostomia gomezi
Odostomia goniostoma
Odostomia gouldii
Odostomia gracilientis
Odostomia gradusuturae
Odostomia gravida
Odostomia grijalvae
Odostomia grippiana
Odostomia gulicki
Odostomia hagemeisteri
Odostomia harfordensis
Odostomia harukoae
Odostomia harveyi
Odostomia haurakiensis
Odostomia heathi
Odostomia helena
Odostomia helga
Odostomia hemphilli
Odostomia hendersoni
Odostomia herilda
Odostomia heterocincta
Odostomia hierroensis
Odostomia hilgendorfi
Odostomia hirotamurana
Odostomia honis
Odostomia hyalina
Odostomia hyalinella
Odostomia hypatia
Odostomia hyphala
Odostomia icafra
Odostomia iliuliukensis
Odostomia improbabilis
Odostomia incidata
Odostomia inflata
Odostomia infrequens
Odostomia irafca
Odostomia italoi
Odostomia jacquesi
Odostomia jonesii
Odostomia kadiakensis
Odostomia kelseyi
Odostomia kennerleyi
Odostomia kergueleae
Odostomia khanhoana
Odostomia killisnooensis
Odostomia kotorana
Odostomia krausei
Odostomia kromi
Odostomia kuiperi
Odostomia laevigata
Odostomia laicismorum
Odostomia lastra
Odostomia lavertinae
Odostomia leopardis
Odostomia lesuroiti
Odostomia limpida
Odostomia litiopina
Odostomia lorellae
Odostomia lorioli
Odostomia lubrica
Odostomia lukisii
Odostomia mabutii
Odostomia maccullochi
Odostomia madeirensis
Odostomia magnumos
Odostomia major
Odostomia manukauensis
Odostomia margarita
Odostomia martinensis
Odostomia matsusimana
Odostomia mauritiana
Odostomia megerlei
Odostomia meijeri
Odostomia mera
Odostomia mesomorpha
Odostomia metcalfei
Odostomia microeques
Odostomia microlinea
Odostomia micrometrica
Odostomia minormirabilis
Odostomia moratora
Odostomia movilla
Odostomia muelleri
Odostomia murdochi
Odostomia nana
Odostomia nardoi
Odostomia natata
Odostomia natukoae
Odostomia navarettei
Odostomia neglecta
Odostomia nemo
Odostomia nivea
Odostomia nota
Odostomia nova
Odostomia nuciformis
Odostomia nunivakensis
Odostomia obesula
Odostomia oblongella
Odostomia oblongula
Odostomia occultidens
Odostomia odostomella
Odostomia omphaloessa
Odostomia oonisca
Odostomia optata
Odostomia oregonensis
Odostomia ornatissima
Odostomia oryza
Odostomia ovata
Odostomia ovoidea
Odostomia oxia
Odostomia oyasiwo
Odostomia paardekooperi
Odostomia pallidior
Odostomia parodontosis
Odostomia parvacutangula
Odostomia paulhenrii
Odostomia pedica
Odostomia perspicua
Odostomia pervaga
Odostomia pesa
Odostomia petterdi
Odostomia pfeifferi
Odostomia phanella
Odostomia pharcida
Odostomia pilsbryi
Odostomia plicata
Odostomia pocahontasae
Odostomia polita
Odostomia pratoma
Odostomia principalis
Odostomia producta
Odostomia profundicola
Odostomia profundiperforata
Odostomia promeces
Odostomia prona
Odostomia pruinosa
Odostomia pudica
Odostomia puelchana
Odostomia pulchra
Odostomia pupa
Odostomia pygmaea
Odostomia pyxidata
Odostomia quadrae
Odostomia recta
Odostomia resina
Odostomia restii
Odostomia richi
Odostomia rinella
Odostomia rissoiformis
Odostomia ritteri
Odostomia romburghi
Odostomia rosacea
Odostomia rubra
Odostomia ryalea
Odostomia sanctorum
Odostomia sanetomoi
Odostomia sanjuanensis
Odostomia satura
Odostomia scalarina
Odostomia scalina
Odostomia schrami
Odostomia septentrionalis
Odostomia setoutiensis
Odostomia shimosensis
Odostomia silesui
Odostomia sillana
Odostomia siogamensis
Odostomia sitiroi
Odostomia sitkaensis
Odostomia skidegatensis
Odostomia solidula
Odostomia soluta
Odostomia sorianoi
Odostomia sperabilis
Odostomia spreadboroughi
Odostomia stearnsiella
Odostomia stephensae
Odostomia striata
Odostomia stricta
Odostomia striolata
Odostomia strongi
Odostomia subdiaphana
Odostomia subglobosa
Odostomia sublimpida
Odostomia suboblonga
Odostomia suboxia
Odostomia suboxioides
Odostomia subturrita
Odostomia suezakiensis
Odostomia sulcosa
Odostomia suprasulcata
Odostomia syrnoloides
Odostomia tacomaensis
Odostomia takapunaensis
Odostomia talpa
Odostomia tanegasimana
Odostomia taumakiensis
Odostomia tenuisculpta
Parasitäre Muschelschnecke
Odostomia terissa
Odostomia testiculus
Odostomia thalia
Odostomia thea
Odostomia tomacula
Odostomia tomlini
Odostomia trachis
Odostomia translucens
Odostomia tremperi
Odostomia trimariana
Odostomia tritestata
Odostomia tumerea
Odostomia turgida
Odostomia turneri
Odostomia turricula
Odostomia turriculata
Odostomia turrita
Odostomia umbilicaris
Odostomia umbilicatissima
Odostomia unalaskensis
Odostomia unidentata
Odostomia vaga
Odostomia valdezi
Odostomia valeroi
Odostomia vancouverensis
Odostomia ventricosa
Odostomia verhoeveni
Odostomia vestalis
Odostomia victoriae
Odostomia virginica
Odostomia vitrea
Odostomia vizcainoana
Odostomia wareni
Odostomia washingtonia
Odostomia whitei
Odostomia willetti
Odostomia winfriedi
Odostomia winkleyi
Odostomia yokoyamai
Odostomia youngi
Odostomia yuigahamana
Odostomia zamia
Odostomia zannii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-06-15 20:31:09
Last edit:: 2026-06-15 20:48:39

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Odostomia tenuisculpta P. P. Carpenter, 1864

Parasitic on bivalves, tubeworms.

Synonymised names
Odostomia (Evalea) socorroensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Odostomia socorroensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Odostomia tenuisculpta,Haugen Bay, Port Orchard, WA 2013

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