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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Otopleura (Genus)
> mitralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aphalista Laseron, 1959
Synonymised Names:
=Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959
=Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854
=Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854
=Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854
Images: Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854)
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Otopleura (Genus)
> mitralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aphalista Laseron, 1959
Synonymised Names:
=Otopleura australis Laseron, 1959
=Pyramidella mitralis A. Adams, 1854
=Pyramidella propinqua A. Adams, 1854
=Pyramidella variegata A. Adams, 1854
Details: Otopleura mitralis (A. Adams, 1854)
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Kermadec Islands, from 15m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.230)
  • Adams, A. 1854 Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella, and Monoptygma, Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells, 2(15) (p.814) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil