Otukaia ikukoae is a deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.
| Otukaia ikukoae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Otukaia |
| Species: | O. ikukoae
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| Binomial name | |
| Otukaia ikukoae Sakurai, 1994[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tristichotrochus ikukoae (Sakurai, 1994) | |
Distribution
editEcology
editIt was recorded 962 m deep.[3]
References
edit- ^ Sakurai K. (1994). "Eight new species of trochid genera, Tristichotrochus, Kombologion and Otukaia (Calliostomatinae) from Japan and adjacent waters". Venus 53: 287-296.
- ^ Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Otukaia ikukoae Sakurai, 1994. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467364 on 2017-12-04
- ^ a b Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Miyazaki, Junichi; Kawagucci, Shinsuke (2017-12-01). "Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough". PeerJ. 5: e4121. doi:10.7717/peerj.4121. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5713630. PMID 29209579.