Oenopota obliqua

Oenopota obliqua
Image of a shell of Oenopota obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Oenopota
Species: O. obliqua
Binomial name
Oenopota obliqua
(Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]

Bela obliqua Sars G. O., 1878

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

The turriculated shell has shouldered whorls. The shoulder is acute and tuberculated by the terminations of thirteen to sixteen narrow oblique ribs. The much wider interspaces are covered by revolving striae. The aperture is rather short and broadly truncate below.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (Northern Norway - Arctic Russia) and in the arctic waters of [Eastern [Canada]].

References

  1. 1 2 Oenopota obliqua (Sars G.O., 1878).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.

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