Otitoma
Encyclopedia
Otitoma is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Pseudomelatomidae
.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda...
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Species
Species within the genus Otitoma include:- Otitoma carnicolor (Hervier, 1896)
- Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)
- Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
- Otitoma gouldi (Yen, 1944)
- Otitoma kecil (Sysoev, 1997)
- Otitoma kwandangensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Otitoma lirata (Reeve, 1845)
- Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995)
- Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986)
- Otitoma oneili (Barnard, 1958)
- Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843)
- Otitoma timorensis (Schepman, 1913)
- Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Otitoma ottitoma Jousseaume, 1898 accepted as Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)