Otopleura nitida
| Otopleura nitida | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Otopleura nitida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Otopleura |
| Species: | O. nitida
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| Binomial name | |
| Otopleura nitida (A. Adams, 1855)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyramidella (Otopleura) nitida A. Adams, 1855 (basionym) | |
Otopleura nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Description
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The oval shell is shining, white, sometimes marbled with pale chestnut. The sculpture is longitudinally flatly ribbed. The interstices are pitted. The length varies between 7.5 mm and 13 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off La Réunion, the Philippines, French Polynesia, Japan and in the South China Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura nitida (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588477 on 2012-01-12
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchologuy vol. VIII p. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) nitida )
- Chen Zhiyun, Zhang Supin (2011), Two new records of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from China Seas; Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology vol. 29 # 6 p. 1302-1305
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
- Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN #570, 2008
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otopleura nitida.
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Otopleura nitida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2012.