Basionym: Odostomia erjaveciana.
Protoconch of type C. « Teleoconch with orthocline growth lines and sometimes with fine spiral striae. More or less clear sinus. Aperture oval. Umbilical groove small or absent. No real columellar tooth but an insignificant fold. » – Wilke & Van aarsten: “The family Pyramidellidae (Heterostropha, Gastropoda) in the Black Sea”, Basteria vol. 62, 1998, p.13.
« I have the pleasure of giving this species the name of Professor F. Erjavec, who has made great progress in the Malacology of Croatia and Carniola. » – S. Brusina: “Gastéropodes nouveaux de l’Adriatique”, H. Crosse transl., Journal de Conchyliologie vol. 17, paris 1869, p.242.
« I have the pleasure of giving this species the name of Professor F. Erjavec, who has made great progress in the Malacology of Croatia and Carniola. » – S. Brusina: “Gastéropodes nouveaux de l’Adriatique”, H. Crosse transl., Journal de Conchyliologie vol. 17, paris 1869, p.242.
In tide pool, La Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 1,9mm.
Original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR).
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The Odostomia nitens of Jeffreys (nowadays placed in Doliella) is not a synonym: it has « three whorls only (besides the nucleus) », while the true erjaveciana shows about five of them. Shallow water shell grit, Uvala Sabuša, southeastern shore of Molat island, Zadar archipelago, Croatia. 3,2mm.