Otitoma crokerensis

Otitoma crokerensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Otitoma
Species:	O. crokerensis
Binomial name
Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)
Synonyms [1]
Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) crokerensisShuto, 1983 (original combination) Thelecytharella crokerensis(Shuto, 1983)

Otitoma crokerensis is a species of sea snail (which are marine gastropod mollusks) in the family Pseudomelatomidae (the turrids and allies.) ^[1]

Description

Otitoma crokerensis' shells are white-light peach, and attain a length of up to 8 inches.

Distribution

This marine species is found off of Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565528 on 2018-12-23

• Shuto, T. 1983. New turrid taxa from the Australian waters. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26

External links

• Gastropods.com: Otitoma crokerensis
• Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270
• 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