Otopleura

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Otopleura
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Otopleura nitida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Order: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Otopleura
P. Fischer, 1885 [1]
Type species
Voluta auriscati
Holten, H.S., 1802
Synonyms [2]

AphalistaLaseron, 1959

Otopleura is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.

Pyramidellidae family of molluscs

Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs.

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Species

Species within the genus Otopleura include:

<i>Otopleura auriscati</i> species of mollusc

Otopleura auriscati, common name the cat's ear pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

<i>Otopleura glans</i> species of mollusc

Otopleura glans, common name the acorn pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

<i>Otopleura mitralis</i> species of mollusc

Otopleura mitralis, common name the miter pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Species brought into synonymy

Distribution

Species of this genus can be found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

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Pyramidellinae subfamily of molluscs

Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Trochidae family of molluscs

The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.

<i>Clea</i> (gastropod) genus of Gastropoda

Clea is a genus of freshwater snails with opercula, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, a family, almost all of the rest of which are marine.

<i>Puncturella</i> genus of molluscs

Puncturella is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Pyramidella</i> genus of molluscs

Pyramidella is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

<i>Austrocochlea</i> genus of molluscs

Austrocochlea is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails, also known as top shells.

<i>Bela</i> (gastropod) genus of molluscs

Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

<i>Liotina</i> genus of molluscs

Liotina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

<i>Coralliophila</i> genus of snails

Coralliophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.

<i>Ethalia</i> genus of molluscs

Ethalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monilea</i> genus of molluscs

Monilea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Guraleus</i> genus of molluscs

Guraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

<i>Pitar</i> genus of molluscs

Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.

<i>Cerithiella</i> genus of molluscs

Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.

<i>Otopleura nitida</i> species of mollusc

Otopleura nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Otopleura nodicincta, common name the nodulose pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Larina is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.

References

  1. ↑ Fischer. Manuel de Conch., 787, 1885,
  2. 1 2 Otopleura P. Fischer, 1885 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204418 on 28 April 2011
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