Otopleura
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Pyramidella is a genus
of minute to medium-sized sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae
, the pyrams and their allies.
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also included within the genus Otopleura :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute to medium-sized sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
, the pyrams and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Otopleura include:- Otopleura auriscati (Holten, 1802)
- Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1855)
- Otopleura nodocincta (A. Adams, 1855)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species are also included within the genus Otopleura :
- Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959
- Otopleura glans (Reeve, 1843)
- Otopleura nitida (A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1853–58)
- Otopleura nodicincta (A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1853–58)