Oenopota excurvata
Oenopota excurvata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Oenopota excurvata | |
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| Shell of Oenopota excurvata (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Oenopota |
| Species: | O. excurvata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenopota excurvata (Carpenter, 1864) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. The characteristics are similar to Curtitoma trevelliana (Turton, 1834) except for the white color, being shorter and the margins of the whorls being more curved.
Distribution
This species occurs from the Bering Sea to the Salish Sea, Northwest America
References
- Oenopota excurvata (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- Philip Carpenter, Diagnoses Specierum et Varietatum novarum Moluscorum prope sinum Pugetianum; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia vol. 17 (1865)
- Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Oenopota excurvata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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