Otopleura is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Otopleura
Otopleura nitida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Otopleura
P. Fischer, 1885 [1]
Type species
Voluta auriscati
Holten, H.S., 1802
Synonyms[2]

Aphalista Laseron, 1959

Species

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Species within the genus Otopleura include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959: synonym of Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854)

Distribution

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Species of this genus can be found throughout the Pacific Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Fischer. Manuel de Conch., 787, 1885,
  2. ^ a b Otopleura P. Fischer, 1885 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204418 on 28 April 2011
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp