| Otitoma rubiginosa | |
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| Shell of Otitoma rubiginosa (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Otitoma |
| Species: | O. rubiginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavatula rubiginosa Hinds, 1843 (original combination) | |
Otitoma rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm.
The reddish brown shell contains six whorls, somewhat rounded, with revolving striae. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Malacca
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565537 on 2018-12-25
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Hinds, R. B. "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia." Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. Vol. 11. 1843.
- 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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