Otukaia

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Otukaia
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Apertural view of the shell of Otukaia kiheiziebisu
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Otukaia
Ikebe, 1942 [1]
Type species
Calliostoma kiheiziebisu
Otuka, 1939
Species

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Otukaia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calliostomatidae, the top shells. Otukaia has long been considered a subgenus of Calliostoma and is still treated as such by many authorities.

Snails in this genus are characterized by their relatively large, silky-white, thin shell, lacking an umbilicus. Their spiral whorls are flat to slightly convex, with the first three whorls sometimes displaying sculpture that may persist on later whorls. They possess a rachidian radula. These snails can be found worldwide in deep water.

Some authors consider Otukaia Ikebe, 1942 a subgenus of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840. [2]

The (sub)generic name Otukaia honors Japanese malacologist Yanosuke Otuka (1903–1950), who described the type species Calliostoma kiheiziebisu Otuka, 1939. [3]

Species

The following species are accepted in the genus Otukaia: [4]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Ikebe (1941) Venus 11: 60; Ikebe (1942) Jap. J. geol. geogr.18(4): 277.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Otukaia Ikebe, 1942. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456482 on 2010-04-22
  3. ↑ (in Japanese and English) Otuka Y. (1939). "日本産エビスガヒ屬の一新種 A new Calliostoma from Japan". Venus9(1): 27–29. CiNii.
  4. 1 2 "Otukaia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  5. ↑ "Gastropods by Eddie Hardy | Conchology". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Vilvens & Sellanes (2006). The Nautilus 120(1): 15-20.


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