Otopleura auriscati
| Otopleura auriscati | |
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| A shell of Otopleura auriscati from Philippines, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Otopleura |
| Species: | O. auriscati |
| Binomial name | |
| Otopleura auriscati (Holten, 1802) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Otopleura auriscati, common name the cat's ear pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]
Description
The smooth, white shell is longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs ending in nodules at the sutures. The shell has spiral rows of chestnut spots. The interstices of the ribs are spirally striated. The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm. [3][4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1][5]
- Red Sea
- Madagascar, Mauritius
- Indonesia, the Philippines
- Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
- Japan
References
- 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura auriscati (Holten, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217259 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) auris-cati)
- ↑ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- ↑ Australian Biological Resources Study - Australian Faunal Directory
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
External links
| External identifiers for Otopleura auriscati | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4812934 |
| WoRMS | 217259 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Otopleura auriscati; retrieved: 30 January 2012
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