Otoconcha
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Otoconcha is a genus of small air-breathing semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Charopidae.
Otoconcha is the type genus of the subfamily Otoconchinae.[1]
Description
Frederick Wollaston Hutton firstly defined this genus in 1884.[2] Hutton's diagnosis reads as follows:[2]
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Shell external, of very few rapidly increasing whorls, all of which are open underneath. Animal limaciform, much too large to withdraw into the shell; mantle rather anterior, covering the shell; no locomotive disc, nor mucous caudal gland. Jaw with distant ribs.
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Species
Species within the genus Otoconcha include:
- Otoconcha dimidiata (Pfeiffer, 1853) - type species
- Otoconcha fiordlandica (Dell, 1952)
- Otoconcha oconnori (Powell, 1941)
- Otoconcha roscoei Climo, 1971
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[2]
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External links
- Baker H. B. (1938) "The Endodont genus Otochoncha". Journal of Molluscan Studies 23: page 89-91.
- Dell R. K. (1952). "Otoconcha and its allies in New Zealand". Dominion Mus. Rec. Zool., Wellington 1: 59-69, 8+8 figures.
- Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington, 1120 pp. page 620.
- Suter H. (1915). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Atlas of plates. John Mackay, Government printer, Wellington. plate 25, figure 2, 2a.