Otitoma

Otitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]

Otitoma
Otitoma gouldi shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Otitoma
Jousseaume, 1898[1]
Type species
Otitoma ottitoma
Jousseaume, 1898
Synonyms[2]
  • Austropusilla (Metaclathurella) Shuto, 1983
  • Lioglyphostomella Shuto, 1970
  • Metaclathurella Shuto, 1983
  • Thelecytharella Shuto, 1969

This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification.[3]

Taxonomy

This genus was considered a nomen dubium by Powell in 1966,[4] until Kilburn resurrected it in 2004.[5] He considered Thelecytharella a synonym of Otitoma. Finally in 2011 Bouchet et al. closed the debate about this genera based on molecular evidence and assigned Otitoma to the family Pseudomelatomidae.[6]

Species

Species within the genus Otitoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Otitoma crenulata Pease, 1868: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986): synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Otitoma ottitoma Jousseaume, 1898: synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)

References
  1. Jousseaume F. (1898). "Description d’un mollusque nouveau". Le Naturaliste 20(= serie 2, 12)(268): 106-107.
  2. Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.
  3. 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
  4. Powell A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5: 1–184.
  5. Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270
  6. Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
  • Wiedrick S.G. (2014). Review of the genera Otitoma Jousseaume, 1880 and Thelecytharella with the description of two new species Gastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae) from the southwest Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 46(3): 40-53
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Jousseaume, F. (1898). Description d’un mollusque nouveau. Le Naturaliste. 20[= ser. 2, 12] (268): 106-107
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
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