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Genus: | Fautor Iredale, 1924
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Fautor is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Distribution
This genus is found in south eastern Australia, and New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands.
Description
The shells are small, narrow, with a tall spire and strongly sculptured post-nuclear whorls.
Species within the genus Otukaia
- Fautor onustus (Odhner, 1924)
- Fautor consobrinum (Powell, 1958)
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References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZ Mollusca