Oenopota cinerea
| Oenopota cinerea | |
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| Drawing of the shell of Oenopota cinerea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | 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 shell does normally have a yellowish brown or white coloration, and the space above the tuberculated angle is typically smooth.[2][1] The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the arctic waters of Canada.
It is under an exotic conservation status in the Northwest Territories.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- "Nodotoma cinerea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.