Otopleura mitralis explained

Otopleura mitralis, common name the miter pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The whitish shell has a clouded appearance, indistinctly banded with pale brown. The whorls of the teleoconch are rather convex, longitudinally ribbed, slightly angulated at the suture. The interstices are spirally striated. The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:

• Red Sea, Persian Gulf
• Indian Ocean : Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar
• Pacific Ocean : Hawaii, Guam, French Polynesia, Tahiti, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Australia

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:

• Remark: Also as subgenus Pyramidella in Vine,1986 .

References

• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
• Barry D. Smith (2003), Prosobranch gastropods of Guam, Micronesica 35-36:244-270. 2003
• Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN #570, 2008

External links

• Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217258 on 2012-01-12
2. Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
3. Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
4. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII pl. 305 (described as Pyramidella (Otopleura) mitralis)