Otukaia ikukoae is a deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.

Otukaia ikukoae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Otukaia
Species:
O. ikukoae
Binomial name
Otukaia ikukoae
Sakurai, 1994[1]
Synonyms[2]

Tristichotrochus ikukoae (Sakurai, 1994)

Distribution

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Okinawa Trough.[3]

Ecology

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It was recorded 962 m deep.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sakurai K. (1994). "Eight new species of trochid genera, Tristichotrochus, Kombologion and Otukaia (Calliostomatinae) from Japan and adjacent waters". Venus 53: 287-296.
  2. ^ Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Otukaia ikukoae Sakurai, 1994. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467364 on 2017-12-04
  3. ^ a b Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Miyazaki, Junichi; Kawagucci, Shinsuke (2017-12-01). "Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough". PeerJ. 5: e4121. doi:10.7717/peerj.4121. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5713630. PMID 29209579.