Oenopota carioca

Oenopota carioca
Shells of Oenopota carioca (museum specimens at MNHN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Oenopota
Species: O. carioca
Binomial name
Oenopota carioca
Figueira & Absalão, 2010

Oenopota carioca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Oenopota carioca Figueira & Absalão, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557259 on 2017-11-04


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