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Otukaia
Sign in to saveOtukaia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, which are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calliostomatidae, the top shells. Otukaia has long been considered a subgenus of Calliostoma and is still treated as such by many taxonomists.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyCalliostomatidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Calliostomatidae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Iles Salomon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calliostomatinae
- Image
- Calliostoma kiheiziebisu shell.png
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- taxon name
- Otukaia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Otukaia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Otukaia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, which are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calliostomatidae, the top shells. Otukaia has long been considered a subgenus of Calliostoma and is still treated as such by many taxonomists.
Snails in this genus are characterized by their relatively large, silky-white, thin shell, lacking an umbilicus. Their spiral whorls are flat to slightly convex, with the first three whorls sometimes displaying sculpture that may persist on later whorls. They possess a rachidian radula. These snails can be found worldwide in deep water.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otukaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.