Otitoma rubiginosa
Species of gastropod
Otitoma rubiginosa | |
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Shell of Otitoma rubiginosa (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Otitoma |
Species: | O. rubiginosa |
Binomial name | |
Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Clavatula rubiginosa Hinds, 1843 (original combination) |
Otitoma rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.
The reddish brown shell contains six whorls, somewhat rounded, with revolving striae. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Malacca
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565537 on 2018-12-25
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.
- Wiedrick S.G. (2014). Review of the genera Otitoma Jousseaume, 1880 and Thelecytharella with the description of two new species Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 46(3): 40-53
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270
- Gastropods.com: Otitoma rubiginosa