Biology:Otitoma crokerensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Otitoma crokerensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Otitoma |
Species: | O. crokerensis
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Binomial name | |
Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Otitoma crokerensis is a species of sea snail (which are marine gastropod mollusks) in the family Pseudomelatomidae (the turrids and allies.)[1]
Description
Otitoma crokerensis' shells are white-light peach, and attain a length of up to 8 inches.
Distribution
This marine species is found off of Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565528 on 2018-12-23
- Shuto, T. 1983. New turrid taxa from the Australian waters. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26
External links
- Gastropods.com: Otitoma crokerensis
- Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270
- Morassi M., Nappo A. & Bonfitto A. (2017). New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 304: 1-30
Wikidata ☰ Q13972532 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitoma crokerensis.
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