Optoturris

Optoturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.^[1]

Optoturris Temporal range: Oligocene - Middle Miocene
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

Species

Species 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

1. Fossilworks: Optoturris

• Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.

External links

• 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).