Otopleura nitida

Otopleura nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Otopleura nitida
Apertural view of a shell of Otopleura nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Otopleura
Species:	O. nitida
Binomial name
Otopleura nitida (A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms
Pyramidella (Otopleura) nitida A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)

Description

Juvenile

The oval shell is shining, white, sometimes marbled with pale chestnut. The sculpture is longitudinally flatly ribbed. The interstices are pitted. The length varies between 7.5 mm and 13 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off La Réunion, the Philippines, French Polynesia, Japan and in the South China Sea.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura nitida (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588477 on 2012-01-12
2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchologuy vol. VIII p. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) nitida )

• Chen Zhiyun, Zhang Supin (2011), Two new records of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from China Seas; Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology vol. 29 # 6 p. 1302-1305
• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
• Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Mollucs of French Polynesia, ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN #570, 2008

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• "Otopleura nitida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.