Optoturris

Optoturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.[1]

Optoturris
Temporal range: Oligocene - Middle Miocene
Shell of Optoturris optatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Optoturris
A.W.B. Powell, 1944
Type species
Pleurotoma optata
G.F. Harris, 1897

Species

Species within the genus Optoturris include:

  • Optoturris editus A.W.B. Powell, 1944
  • Optoturris optatus (G.F. Harris, 1897)
  • Optoturris kyushuensis Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower Pliocene)
  • Optoturris paracanthus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)

References

  • A.W.B. Powell, The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae; Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1944)


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