Ophiodermella ogurana explained

Ophiodermella ogurana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Distribution

This rare marine species occurs off Japan in sand and muddy sand. It was originally found as a fossil from the upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa, Japan.

References

• Yokoyama, Matajiro. "Fossils from the upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa." (1922).
• Gul'bin, V. V. "Fauna of prosobranch gastropods of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, and the biogeographical composition." Russian Journal of Marine Biology 30.1 (2004): 1–10.
• Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.

External links

• Gulbin, Vladimir V. "Review of the Shell-bearing Gastropods in the Russian Waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). III. Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda." The Korean Journal of Malacology 25.1 (2009): 51–70

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Ophiodermella ogurana (Yokoyama, 1922). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576381 on 2016-03-20