Otitoma

Otitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification.

Taxonomy
This genus was considered a nomen dubium by Powell in 1966, until Kilburn resurrected it in 2004. He considered Thelecytharella a synonym of Otitoma. Finally in 2011 Bouchet et al. closed the debate about this genera based on molecular evidence and assigned Otitoma to the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Species
Species within the genus Otitoma include:


 * Otitoma astrolabensis Wiedrick, 2014
 * Otitoma aureolineata Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
 * Otitoma batjanensis (Schepman, 1913)
 * Otitoma boucheti Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma carnicolor (Hervier, 1896)
 * Otitoma crassivaricosa Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma crokerensis (Shuto, 1983)
 * Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
 * Otitoma deluta (Gould, 1860)
 * Otitoma elegans Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma fergusoni Wiedrick, 2014
 * Otitoma gouldi (Yen, 1944)
 * Otitoma hadra Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma jennyae Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
 * † Otitoma kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965)
 * Otitoma kecil (Sysoev, 1997)
 * Otitoma kwandangensis (Schepman, 1913)
 * Otitoma lirata (Reeve, 1845)
 * Otitoma metuloides (Kilburn, 1995)
 * Otitoma neocaledonica Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma nereidum Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma oneili (Barnard, 1958)
 * † Otitoma oyamai (Shuto, 1965)
 * Otitoma philippinensis Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma philpoppei Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma pictolabra Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
 * Otitoma porcellana Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
 * Otitoma rubiginosa (Hinds, 1843)
 * Otitoma rubiginostoma Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma sororcula Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma timorensis (Schepman, 1913)
 * Otitoma tropispira Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017
 * Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845)
 * Otitoma wiedricki Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
 * Otitoma xantholineata Morassi, Nappo & Bonfitto, 2017


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Otitoma crenulata Pease, 1868 : synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863 )
 * Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986) : synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)
 * Otitoma ottitoma Jousseaume, 1898 : synonym of Otitoma cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863)