Otitoma crokerensis is a species of sea snail (which are marine gastropod mollusks) in the family Pseudomelatomidae (the turrids and allies.)[1]
| Otitoma crokerensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Otitoma |
| Species: | O. crokerensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)
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Description
editOtitoma crokerensis' shells are white-light peach, and attain a length of up to 8 inches.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is found off of Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565528 on 2018-12-23
- Shuto, T. 1983. New turrid taxa from the Australian waters. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26
External links
edit- Gastropods.com: Otitoma crokerensis
- 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
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