Otukaia blacki

Otukaia blacki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Otukaia
Species: O. blacki
Binomial name
Otukaia blacki
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alertalex blacki Dell, 1956
  • Calliostoma alertae Marshall, 1995

Otukaia blacki is a medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]

Nomenclature

In classifications that treat both Otukaia and Maurea as subgenera of Calliostoma, the valid name for this species is Calliostoma alertae Marshall, 1995, since Calliostoma (Otukaia) blacki (Dell, 1956) is preoccupied by Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki (Powell, 1950) [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2011). Otukaia blacki (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567191 on 2012-06-20
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