Biology:Otukaia rossica

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Otukaia rossica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Otukaia
Species:
O. rossica
Binomial name
Otukaia rossica
(Dall, 1919)

Otukaia rossica, common name the Russian margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Subspecies
  • Otukaia rossica derjugini (Galkin, 1955)

Description

The height of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hokkaido, Japan, and Sakhalin; Okhotsk, Russia.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Otukaia rossica (Dall, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567190 on 2012-12-07
  2. Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7110045 entry