Otitoma metuloides

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon =Otitoma metuloides | image = | image_caption = | authority = (Kilburn, 1995) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = ''Thelecytharella metuloides'' <small>Kilburn, 1995</small> (original combination) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Otitoma metuloides''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2018). Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565534 on 2018-12-24</ref>

==Distribution== {{cn span|This marine species occurs off Zululand, South Africa. These marine creatures are found in the bottom most part of the sea. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1995 by Kilburn. ''Otitoma metuloides'' form shallow marine sediments. It is a predator. It has sexual reproduction.|date=May 2023}}

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==External links== * [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105171858/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Uploads/08caecae-8769-4457-94b7-8b0937105c64/KilburnP263-270.pdf Kilburn R.N. (2004) ''The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae)''. African Invertebrates, 45: 263-270] * [https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.304 Morassi M., Nappo A. & Bonfitto A. (2017). ''New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean''. European Journal of Taxonomy. 304: 1-30]

Category:Endemic molluscs of South Africa metuloides Category:Gastropods described in 1995 Category:Taxa named by Richard Kilburn