Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes 1863)

Otitoma cyclophora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

The white shell is elongate, slender and cylindrical. It is transversely finely ridged, interstices striated transversely, longitudinally faintly and obsoletely irregularly ribbed. The sutures are bordered on each side by a crenulated rib, the crenulations connected obliquely by a small ridge. The aperture is rather short. The sinus is broad and deep.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is occurs in the Red Sea; also off Northern Mozambique; the Mascarenes; Queensland, Australia, French Polynesia, the Philippines and Japan

References

• Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. 1875. Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal n.s. 44(2): 83–104, pls 7, 8
• Martens, E.C. von 1880. Mollusken. pp. 181–346 in Mobius, K. (ed.). Beitrage zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin : Otto Enslin 352 pp.
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• 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