original description
Fleming, J. (1813). Conchology. <em>Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopedia.</em> 7, 55-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187234
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record
Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 207 [details]
subsequent type designation
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 159 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The genus Odostomia Fleming, 1813 was used by XIXth century authors, particularly in the European literature, for most of the smaller Pryamidellidae. It is still a catchall for most snall pyramidellids lacking both axial and spiral sculpture. Some authors, e.g. Høisæter (2014), Peñas, Rolán & Swinnen (2014) and Giannuzzi-Savelli et al. (2014) who are here followed have attemptted to redistribute some of the species, but there are still many species remaining unduly under Odostomia. For these, we have refrained from making new combinations not backed by (or implicit from) a published source but, unless otherwise noted, the species that were already "accepted" under a subgenus now raised to full genus have been marked as "accepted" under that full genus. [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]