Biology:Otitoma vitrea
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Otitoma vitrea | |
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Drawing of a shell of Otitoma vitrea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Otitoma |
Species: | O. vitrea
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Binomial name | |
Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Otitoma vitrea 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 5.5 mm.
The cylindrically elongated shell is thin, pellucid, glassy and smooth. It shows no longitudinal ribs. There are a few revolving grooves at the upper and lower part of the body whorl, the former appearing on the spire also. The color of the shell is yellowish white.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Singapore and the Philippines .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 May 2011.
- ↑ 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.
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 vitrea
Wikidata ☰ Q7108877 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitoma vitrea.
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