Otitoma

Otitoma
Otitoma gouldi shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Jousseaume, 1898[1]
Type species
Otitoma ottitoma
Jousseaume, 1898
Synonyms[2]
  • Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) Shuto, 1983
  • Lioglyphostomella Shuto, 1970
  • Metaclathurella Shuto, 1983
  • Thelecytharella Shuto, 1969

Otitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]

This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification.[3]

Taxonomy

This genus was considered a nomen dubium by Powell in 1966,[4] until Kilburn resurrected it in 2004.[5] He considered Thelecytharella a synonym of Otitoma. Finally in 2011 Bouchet et al. closed the debate about this genera based on molecular evidence and assigned Otitoma to the family Pseudomelatomidae.[6]

Species

Species within the genus Otitoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Otitoma crenulata Pease, 1868: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986): synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma ottitoma Jousseaume, 1898: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)

References

  1. ^ Jousseaume F. (1898). "Description d’un mollusque nouveau". Le Naturaliste 20(= serie 2, 12)(268): 106-107.
  2. ^ a b Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.
  3. ^ Morassi, Mauro; Nappo, Andrea; Bonfitto, Antonio (2017). "New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean". European Journal of Taxonomy (304). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.304.
  4. ^ Powell A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5: 1–184.
  5. ^ Kilburn, Richard N (December 2004). "The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 45. Pietermaritzburg: 263–270. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-05.
  6. ^ Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • 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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