Oenopota cunninghami

Oenopota cunninghami is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1][2]

Oenopota cunninghami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. cunninghami
Binomial name
Oenopota cunninghami
(Smith, E.A., 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Belalora thielei Powell, A.W.B., 1951
  • Oenopota thielei Powell, 1951

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Falkland Islands, Argentina and Chile.

References

  1. Belalora thielei Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. "Oenopota cunninghami". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.


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