Optoturris Explained

Optoturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Optoturris include:

• † Optoturris editus A.W.B. Powell, 1944
• † Optoturris optatus (G.F. Harris, 1897)
• † Optoturris kyushuensis Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower Pliocene)
• † Optoturris paracanthus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)

External links

• Harris G.F. (1897) Catalogue of Tertiary Molluscs in the British Museum of Natural History
• Ludbrook, N. H. "Tertiary molluscan types from Table Cape in Tasmanian Museum, Hobart." Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Vol. 101. 1967.
• Long, D. C. "LATE EOCENE AND EARLY OLIGOCENE TURRIDAE (GASTROPODA: PROSOBRANCHIATA) OF THE BROWN'S CREEK."
• Squires, Don. "A Catalogue in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery" (2012).

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=385537 Fossilworks: Optoturris