Otitoma deluta

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

Otitoma deluta
Shell of Otitoma deluta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Species:
O. deluta
Binomial name
Otitoma deluta
(Gould, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella deluta Gould, 1860
  • Hemidaphne deluta Gould, 1860

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Sea and off the Philippines

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma deluta (Gould, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815482 on 2018-12-23
  • Gould 1860, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 7: 339
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Otitoma deluta
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