Oenopota impressa
Oenopota impressa | |
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Drawing of a shell of Oenopota impressa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Oenopota |
Species: | O. impressa |
Binomial name | |
Oenopota impressa (Mørch, 1869) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Oenopota impressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Pleurotoma impressa Mørch, 1869 is the type species of Nodotoma Bartsch, 1941
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.
The wide shell has a short spire and sloping but rather well-defined shoulder. It is densely costulate longitudinally, crossed by about ten spiral riblets, forming a cancellated surface. Its color is a yellowish ash.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla); in the Arctic Ocean, near the Seahorse Islands, south to the Aleutians and eastward to St. Paul, Kodiak Island, Alaska.
References
- 1 2 Oenopota impressa (Mørch, 1869). 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
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- Mørch, Moll. Spitzb., No. 31 ; Ann. Soc. Mal. Belg., iv, 21, 1869
- Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
- 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
- Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Verrill A. E. (1880-1881). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 356-409
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Gastropods.com: Nodotoma impressa
- Biolib.cz: Oenopota impressa
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