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Otitoma astrolabensis

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Otitoma astrolabensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Species:
O. astrolabensis
Binomial name
Otitoma astrolabensis
Wiedrick, 2014

Otitoma astrolabensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 4 and 8 mm (0.16 and 0.31 in).

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Fiji Islands, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma astrolabensis Wiedrick, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815483 on 2018-12-21
  • 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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