Biology:Oenopota tenuicostata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oenopota tenuicostata
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Two views of a shell of Oenopota tenuicostata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. tenuicostata
Binomial name
Oenopota tenuicostata
(Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela conoidea Friele, H., 1886
  • Bela finmarchia Friele, H., 1886
  • Bela tenuicostata Sars G. O., 1878 (original combination)
  • Bela willei Friele, H., 1877
  • Pleurotoma scalaris Reeve, L.A., 1845

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

Description

The length of the shell varies from 5 mm to 13 mm.

This species resembles Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839) but is smaller and has more numerous ribs.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Greenland and Novaya Zemlya at depths between 200 m and 2702 m.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7078642 entry