Ondina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S. (2011). Ondina de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138414 on 2011-10-26Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. . vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
Description The thin shell has an oval shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are smooth or spirally striated. The columellar tooth is obsolete.G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 320; 1886
Species Species within the genus Ondina include: Ondina anceps (Gaglini, 1992) Ondina coarctata (Sars G.O., 1878) Ondina crystallina Locard, 1892 Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848) Ondina dilucida (Monterosato, 1884) Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797) Ondina elachisinoides Hori & Fukuda, 1999 Ondina fragilissima Peñas & Rolán, 2002 Ondina jansseni van Aartsen & Menkhorst, 1996 Ondina modiola (Monterosato, 1884) Ondina mosti (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998) Ondina neocrystallina Gaglini, 1991 Ondina normani (Friele, 1886) Ondina obliqua (Alder, 1844) Ondina perezi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1925) Ondina scandens (Monterosato, 1884) Ondina semicincgulata (Dall, 1927)
Ondina strufaldii Peñas & Rolán, 1999 Ondina vitrea (Brusina, 1866) Ondina warreni (Thompson W., 1845)
References
Aartsen, J.J. van, 1987. European Pyramidellidae:III. Odostomia and Ondina. — Boll, malac. 23:1-34
External links GenBank World Register of Marine Species