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Otitoma
Sign in to saveOtitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
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Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Otitoma, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Gastropod genera, Otitoma and Pseudomelatomidae.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyPseudomelatomidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Pseudomelatomidae
- Collections
- MNHN, AM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pseudomelatomidae
- Image
- Lophiotoma cerithiformis shell.png
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- taxon name
- Otitoma
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Otitoma
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
- External links
Otitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otitoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.