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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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.

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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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