Oenopota tenuissima

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

Oenopota tenuissima
Original image of a shell of Oenopota tenuissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. tenuissima
Binomial name
Oenopota tenuissima
(W.H. Dall, 1919)
Synonyms

Lora tenuissima W.H. Dall, 1919 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

(Original description) The thin, white shell is fragile and acute. It contains about six whorls, the protoconch whorl eroded. The suture is distinct. The whorls are evenly rounded. The spiral sculpture consists of fine even equal close-set minute threads covering the whole surface. The axial sculpture consists of almost microscopic, even, regular incremental lines, and on the third whorl about 16 small sharp ribs crossing the whorl, with wider interspaces and becoming obsolete on the fourth whorl. The anal sulcus is shallow. The aperture is simple. The inner lip erased. The columella is attenuated in front. The siphonal canal is short and straight.[1]

Distribution

This marine species was found off Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA.

References
  1. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Oenopota tenuissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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