Oenopota carioca
| Oenopota carioca | |
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| Shells of Oenopota carioca (museum specimens at MNHN) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | 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 shell is white and smooth with length varying between 2 mm and 5 mm(4.5 whorls). The protoconch consists of one whorl and the teleoconch whorls with a concave region between the suture and the shoulder. The axial structure contains 14 ribs located on the 3rd whorl forming nodules on the shoulder that fade away as you approach the suture.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil at a depth of 698-1050m[2]
References
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 "View of Deep-water Drilliinae, Cochlespirinae and Oenopotinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) from the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil". scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
External links
- "Oenopota carioca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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