Otukaia

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Otukaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Otukaia
Ikebe, 1942
Species

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Otukaia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.

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[edit] Shell description

In this genus the shell is thin, sculptured with a few prominent, but narrow and sharp spiral keels that are faintly crenulated at most. There is no colour pattern, and the shell is iridescent both externally and internally.

[edit] Distribution

Species in this genus are found in Japan and New Zealand, in deep water.

[edit] Species within the genus Otukaia

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