Optoturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.[1]
Optoturris Temporal range: Oligocene - Middle Miocene
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Shell of Optoturris optatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | †Optoturris A.W.B. Powell, 1944 |
Type species | |
† Pleurotoma optata G.F. Harris, 1897
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Optoturris include:
- † Optoturris editus A.W.B. Powell, 1944
- † Optoturris optatus (G.F. Harris, 1897)
- † Optoturris kyushuensis Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower Pliocene)
- † Optoturris paracanthus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
References
editExternal links
edit- 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).