Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859
Sweden to Canarias, possibly south to Angola; Azores to Mediterranean. Ectoparasit of the Serpulid Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) in the rocky infralittoral and circalittoral. Shell translucent with sparse radial striae, nearly orthocline; protoconch of type C; big columellar tooth.

Subadult from intertidal grit, Punta del Carnero, Algeciras, Andalucia, S. Spain. 1,3mm.
« I have dedicated this species (without permission) to Dr. Lukis, as a trifling mark of the esteem in which I hold him as a scientific man. » – J. G. Jeffreys: “Further gleanings in British Conchology”, Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. III vol. III, London 1859, p.112.

50-80m deep, off Málaga, Andalucia. 2mm.

— back to Pyramidellidae —