Otitoma vitrea

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Otitoma vitrea
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Drawing of a shell of Otitoma vitrea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Species:
O. vitrea
Binomial name
Otitoma vitrea
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma vitreaReeve, 1845 (basionym)
  • Thelecythara vitrea(Reeve, 1845)
  • Thelecytharella vitrea(Reeve, 1845)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The cylindrically elongated shell is thin, pellucid, glassy and smooth. It shows no longitudinal ribs. There are a few revolving grooves at the upper and lower part of the body whorl, the former appearing on the spire also. The color of the shell is yellowish white. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Singapore and the Philippines.

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