Otukaia
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| Genus: | Otukaia Ikebe, 1942
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Otukaia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Shell description
In this genus the shell is thin, sculptured with a few prominent, but narrow and sharp spiral keels that are faintly crenulated at most. There is no colour pattern, and the shell is iridescent both externally and internally.
Distribution
Species in this genus are found in Japan and New Zealand, in deep water.
Species within the genus Otukaia
- Otukaia blacki (Dell, 1956)
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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
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