Otitoma metuloides

Otitoma metuloides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Otitoma
Species:	O. metuloides
Binomial name
Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995)
Synonyms [1]
Thelecytharella metuloidesKilburn, 1995 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Zululand, South Africa. These marine creatures are found in the bottom most part of the sea. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1995 by Kilburn. Otitoma metuloides form shallow marine sediments. It is a predator. It has sexual reproduction.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565534 on 2018-12-24

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
• 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