Fautor
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Fautor is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
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[edit] Distribution
This genus is found in south eastern Australia, and New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands.
[edit] Description
The shells are small, narrow, with a tall spire and strongly sculptured post-nuclear whorls.
[edit] Species within the genus Otukaia
- Fautor onustus (Odhner, 1924)
- Fautor consobrinum (Powell, 1958)
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[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZ Mollusca
