| Otitoma oyamai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Otitoma |
| Species: | †O. oyamai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Otitoma oyamai (T. Shuto, 1965) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Otitoma oyamai is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
This species used to be the type species of Thelecytharella (now considered a synonym of Otitoma).
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Pleistocene strata in Kyushu, Japan.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma oyamai (Shuto, 1965) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987280 on 2018-12-26
- Shuto, Tsugio. Turrid Gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene Moeshima Shell Bed. Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 1965.
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