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Odostomia kromi

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ7078164 ↗
Source-derived summary

Odostomia kromi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 1.7 mm (0.067 in). Its distribution is largely throughout the Mediterranean Sea

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

European waters (ERMS scope)

Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone

Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone : Alboran Sea

References

External links

"Odostomia (Odostomia) kromi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Odostomia kromi” is species of mollusc. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Odostomia, kromi and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Odostomia, kromi and species is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “species of mollusc” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7078164. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Odostomia kromi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Odostomia kromi primary sources, Odostomia kromi archive and Odostomia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Odostomia kromi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.