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.
Taxonomy This genus was considered a nomen dubium by Powell in 1966,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. until Kilburn resurrected it in 2004. 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.
Species Species within the genus Otitoma include:
Otitoma astrolabensis Wiedrick, 2014 Otitoma aureolineata Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Otitoma batjanensis (Schepman, 1913) Otitoma boucheti Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma carnicolor (Hervier, 1896) Otitoma crassivaricosa Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983) Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863) Otitoma deluta (Gould, 1860) Otitoma elegans Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma fergusoni Wiedrick, 2014 Otitoma gouldi (Yen, 1944) Otitoma hadra Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma jennyae Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 † Otitoma kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965) Otitoma kecil (Sysoev, 1997) Otitoma kwandangensis (Schepman, 1913) Otitoma lirata (Reeve, 1845) Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995) Otitoma neocaledonica Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma nereidum Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma oneili (Barnard, 1958) † Otitoma oyamai (Shuto, 1965) Otitoma philippinensis Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma philpoppei Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma pictolabra Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Otitoma porcellana Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843) Otitoma rubiginostoma Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma sororcula Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma timorensis (Schepman, 1913) Otitoma tropispira Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017 Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845) Otitoma wiedricki Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018 Otitoma xantholineata Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
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
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
External links
Jousseaume, F. (1898). Description d’un mollusque nouveau. Le Naturaliste. 20[= ser. 2, 12] (268): 106-107 Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae