''Otitoma vitrea'' is a
species 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 ...
, a marine
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 ...
mollusk in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
The cylindrically elongated shell is thin, pellucid, glassy and smooth. It shows no longitudinal ribs. There are a few revolving grooves at the upper and lower part of the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
, the former appearing on the
spire also. The color of the shell is yellowish white.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Singapore and the Philippines.
References
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Kilburn R.N. (2004) ''The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae)''. African Invertebrates, 45: 263–270
Gastropods.com: ''Otitoma vitrea''
vitrea
''Vitrea'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae.
According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family ''Zonitidae''.
Species
This ge ...
Gastropods described in 1845
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