Otitoma kagoshimaensis

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

Otitoma kagoshimaensis
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. kagoshimaensis
Binomial name
Otitoma kagoshimaensis
(T. Shuto, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Thelecytharella kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965)
  • Turridrupa kagoshimaensis Shuto, 1965 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Pleistocene strata in Japan.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987252 on 2018-12-26
  • Shuto, Tsugio. Turrid Gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene Moeshima Shell Bed. Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 1965.


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