Otitoma gouldi
Appearance
Otitoma gouldi | |
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Original image of a shell of Otitoma gouldi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Otitoma |
Species: | O. gouldi
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Binomial name | |
Otitoma gouldi (Yen, 1944)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Otitoma gouldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2 mm.[citation needed]
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Distribution
This marine species is found along Hong Kong and Japan.
References
- ^ a b Otitoma gouldi (Yen, 1944). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2011.
- Gould, A. A. Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition1860. under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1859–1860 vol.7 p. 340
- 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
- R.I. Johnson, The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould; United States National Museum, bulletin 239, Washington D.C. 1964
- Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263–270
- Gastropods.com: Otitoma gouldi
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