Biology:Otukaia chilena

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Chilean top shell
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Otukaia
Species:
O. chilena
Binomial name
Otukaia chilena
(Rehder, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma chilenum Rehder, 1971

Otukaia chilena, common name the Chilean top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Valparaiso, Chile.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Otukaia chilena (Rehder, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512120 on 2012-12-07
  • Rehder H.A. (1971) A molluscan faunule from 200 meters off Valparaiso, Chile, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83: 585-596. page(s): 590

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7110038 entry