Oenopota levidensis

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

Oenopota levidensis
Shell of Oenopota levidensis (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. levidensis
Binomial name
Oenopota levidensis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia levidensis Carpenter, 1864
  • Mangilia (Clathromangilia) levidensis Carpenter, 1864

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm. Carpenter's types from Neeah Bay and Puget Sound were badly worn, imperfect specimens, hardly identifiable. The color of the fresh shell is dark brown, and the sculpture on the body whorl in older specimens is often more or less obsolete.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Salish Sea, Northwest America

References

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