''Optoturris'' is an extinct
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † ''Optoturris editus
''Optoturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † '' Optoturris editus'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † '' Optoturris optatus'' (G.F. H ...
'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † ''Optoturris optatus
''Optoturris optatus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm; the maximum diameter is 6 mm; length of the aperture: 9.5 mm.
(Or ...
'' (G.F. Harris, 1897)
* † ''Optoturris kyushuensis
''Optoturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Turridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † ''Optoturris editus'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † ''Optoturris opt ...
'' Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower Pliocene)
* † ''Optoturris paracanthus
''Optoturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † ''Optoturris editus'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † ''Optoturris optatus'' (G.F. Har ...
'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
References
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External links
Harris G.F. (1897) Catalogue of Tertiary Molluscs in the British Museum of Natural History
Ludbrook, N. H. "Tertiary molluscan types from Table Cape in Tasmanian Museum, Hobart." Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Vol. 101. 1967.
Long, D. C. "LATE EOCENE AND EARLY OLIGOCENE TURRIDAE (GASTROPODA: PROSOBRANCHIATA) OF THE BROWN'S CREEK."
Squires, Don. "A Catalogue in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery" (2012)
Turridae
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