Otitoma oyamai explained

Otitoma oyamai is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

This species used to be the type species of Thelecytharella (now considered a synonym of Otitoma).

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Pleistocene strata in Kyushu, Japan.

References

• Shuto, Tsugio. Turrid Gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene Moeshima Shell Bed. Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 1965.

External links

• Morassi M., Nappo A. & Bonfitto A. (2017). New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 304: 1-30

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma oyamai (Shuto, 1965) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987280 on 2018-12-26