Pyramidellidae – Odostomiinae: Odostomia metcalfei (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900) (‘Metcalfe’s pyramid-shell’)
Synonym(s): metcalfei Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900.
Typical shell-length 3.0 mm. Lives subtidally as an ectoparasite of other invertebrates. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Odostomiinae
Genus: Odostomiinae
Localities for Odostomia metcalfei
Bicheno: Cod Rock
Binalong Bay: Jeanneret Beach
Blackmans Bay
Black River Beach: southern end
Cape Barren Island: Kenneth Point: foreshore to E
Cape Portland: Roses Bay
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Flinders Island (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Hawley Beach: foreshore towards Point Sorell
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Pass River Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Bull Bay
North coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Southport Lagoon: southern end
Stanley: Tatlows Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona Beach
Taroona: Dixons Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
