Otopleura nodicincta

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Otopleura nodicincta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Otopleura
Species:
O. nodicincta
Binomial name
Otopleura nodicincta
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Fusus nodicinctus A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)
  • Pyramidella (Otopleura) nodicincta A. Adams, 1855

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. [1] [2]

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Description

The white shell is covered with spiral rows of chestnut spots. The whorls of the teleoconch are angulated above, with longitudinal ribs produced into nodules at the angles. The lower part of body whorl is pitted, forming a sort of network between the pits. The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 25 mm. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura nodicincta (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217260 on 2012-01-12
  2. Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) nodicincta)