Oenopota tenuicostata

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

Oenopota tenuicostata
Two views of a shell of Oenopota tenuicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. tenuicostata
Binomial name
Oenopota tenuicostata
(Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela conoidea Friele, H., 1886
  • Bela finmarchia Friele, H., 1886
  • Bela tenuicostata Sars G. O., 1878 (original combination)
  • Bela willei Friele, H., 1877
  • Pleurotoma scalaris Reeve, L.A., 1845

Description

The length of the shell varies from 5 mm to 13 mm.

This species resembles Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839) but is smaller and has more numerous ribs.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Greenland and Novaya Zemlya at depths between 200 m and 2702 m.

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Oenopota tenuicostata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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