Otitoma crokerensis

Otitoma crokerensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Otitoma crokerensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Species:
O. crokerensis
Binomial name
Otitoma crokerensis
(Shuto, 1983)
Synonyms[1]
  • Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) crokerensis Shuto, 1983 (original combination)
  • Thelecytharella crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565528 on 2018-12-23
  • Shuto, T. 1983. New turrid taxa from the Australian waters. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.