Otitoma

Otitoma
Otitoma gouldi shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Jousseaume, 1898
Type species
Otitoma ottitoma
Jousseaume, 1898
Synonyms
  • Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) Shuto, 1983
  • Lioglyphostomella Shuto, 1970
  • Metaclathurella Shuto, 1983
  • Thelecytharella Shuto, 1969

Otitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification.

Taxonomy

This genus was considered a nomen dubium by Powell in 1966, until Kilburn resurrected it in 2004. He considered Thelecytharella a synonym of Otitoma. Finally in 2011 Bouchet et al. closed the debate about this genera based on molecular evidence and assigned Otitoma to the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Species

Species within the genus Otitoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Otitoma crenulata Pease, 1868: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986): synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma ottitoma Jousseaume, 1898: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)

References

  1. ^ Jousseaume F. (1898). "Description d’un mollusque nouveau". Le Naturaliste 20(= serie 2, 12)(268): 106-107.
  2. ^ a b Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.
  3. ^ Morassi, Mauro; Nappo, Andrea; Bonfitto, Antonio (2017). "New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean". European Journal of Taxonomy (304). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.304.
  4. ^ Powell A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5: 1–184.
  5. ^ Kilburn, Richard N (December 2004). "The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 45. Pietermaritzburg: 263–270. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-05.
  6. ^ Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Wiedrick S.G. (2014). Review of the genera Otitoma Jousseaume, 1880 and Thelecytharella with the description of two new species Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 46(3): 40-53
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