Otopleura

Otopleura
Otopleura nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Otopleura
P. Fischer, 1885 [1]
Type species
Voluta auriscati Holten, H.S., 1802
Synonyms[2]

Aphalista Laseron, 1959

Otopleura is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Otopleura include:

Species brought into synonymy

Distribution

Species of this genus can be found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Fischer. Manuel de Conch., 787, 1885,
  2. 1 2 Otopleura P. Fischer, 1885 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204418 on 28 April 2011


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