genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
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family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
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Optoturris editus
''Optoturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † '' Optoturris editus'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † '' Optoturris optatus'' (G.F. H ...
Optoturris kyushuensis
''Optoturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Optoturris'' include:
* † '' Optoturris editus'' A.W.B. Powell, 1944
* † '' Optoturris optatus'' (G.F. H ...
'' Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower
Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Optoturris paracanthus'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877)