Optoturris

Optoturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.^[1]

Optoturris Temporal range: Oligocene - Middle Miocene
Shell of Optoturris optatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	†Optoturris A.W.B. Powell, 1944
Type species
† Pleurotoma optata G.F. Harris, 1897

Species

Species within the genus Optoturris include:

• † Optoturris editus A.W.B. Powell, 1944
• † Optoturris optatus (G.F. Harris, 1897)
• † Optoturris kyushuensis Shuto, 1961 - Japan (Lower Pliocene)
• † Optoturris paracanthus (Tenison-Woods, 1877)