Otitoma carnicolor
Otitoma carnicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
| Otitoma carnicolor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Otitoma |
| Species: | O. carnicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Otitoma carnicolor (Hervier, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia.
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References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma carnicolor (Hervier, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565527 on 2018-08-19
- Hervier J. (1896 ["1895"]). Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 43(3): 141-152
- 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
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
- Morassi M., Nappo A. & Bonfitto A. (2017). New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 304: 1-30
- Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270
- MNHN: specimen
- Gastropods.com: Otitoma carnicolor
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