Ivara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Ivara
Dall & Bartsch in Arnold, 1903[1]
Type species
Odostomia turricula
Dall & Bartsch in Arnold, 1903

Ivara is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the tribe Chrysallidini, of the family Odostomiidae. The Brazilian species have been revised by Pimenta et al. (2009).[2] [3] There are both living and fossil species in this genus.

Shell description

The original description (Dall & Bartsch in Arnold 1903) is short: "Odostomias characterized by the spiral striation and tabulated whorls".[1]

Arnold (1903)[1] gives the following characterization of the type species: "Shell minute, ovate, thin; spire elevated; apex acute; whorls five, convex, shouldered above; surface sculptured by fine, spiral ridges and obsolete transverse ribs, more prominent near top of whorls; suture deeply impressed; body-whorl over half length of shell; shouldered above, evenly convex below; aperture truncated above, evenly rounded below; outer lip thin, extending around and up columella, forming a small columellar plication.Dimensions.- Long. 4 mm.; lat. 1.8 mm.; body whorl 2.6 mm.; aperture 1.5 mm. This delicate little shell is easily recognized by its shouldered whorls and delicate spiral sculpture. Specimens identified by Dr. Dall; but the species omitted from the text prepared by Dall and Bartsch. Rare in lower San Pedro series of Deadman Island. One specimen, which is figured, and is now in the collection of Delos Arnold. Living.-Mexical Coast (Dall). Pleistocene.-San Pedro (Arnold)."[1]

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Ivara include:

  • Ivara dollfusi (Locard, 1886)
  • Ivara terryi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
  • Ivara turricula (Dall & Bartsch in Arnold, 1903) - as Odostomia turricula - type species

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arnold, R. (1903). "The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California". California Academy of Science, Memoir. 3: 1–420 + 37 pl.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Ivara Arnold, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588364 on 2012-01-05
  3. ↑ Pimenta, A. D.; Absalão, R. S.; Miyaji C. (2009). "Taxonomic review of the genera Boonea, Chrysallida, Parthenina, Ivara, Fargoa, Mumiola, Odostomella and Trabecula (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae, Odostomiinae) from Brazil". Zootaxa. 2049: 39–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2049.1.2.
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