Biology:Otitoma rubiginosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Otitoma rubiginosa
Otitoma rubiginosa 002.jpg
Shell of Otitoma rubiginosa (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Species:
O. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Otitoma rubiginosa
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Clavatula rubiginosa Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

Otitoma rubiginosa 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 7.5 mm.

The reddish brown shell contains six whorls, somewhat rounded, with revolving striae. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Strait of Malacca

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565537 on 2018-12-25
  2. 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.
  • Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.
  • Wiedrick S.G. (2014). Review of the genera Otitoma Jousseaume, 1880 and Thelecytharella with the description of two new species Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 46(3): 40-53

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13972584 entry