- Source: Otitoma oyamai
Otitoma oyamai is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
This species used to be the type species of Thelecytharella (now considered a synonym of Otitoma).
Description
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Pleistocene strata in Kyushu, Japan.
References
Shuto, Tsugio. Turrid Gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene Moeshima Shell Bed. Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 1965.
External links
Morassi M., Nappo A. & Bonfitto A. (2017). New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 304: 1-30
