Oenopota cinerea
| Oenopota cinerea | |
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| Drawing of the shell of Oenopota cinerea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Oenopota |
| Species: | O. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842) | |
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Oenopota cinerea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown. The space above the tuberculated angle is smooth.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the arctic waters of Canada.
References
- 1 2 Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Møller H. O., 1842 :Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae ; Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn 4 (1): 76-97
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: 'Nodotoma cinerea
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