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

Oenopota graphica
Original image of a shell of Oenopota graphica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. graphica
Binomial name
Oenopota graphica
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela graphica Locard, 1897
  • Bela graphica var. ventricosa Locard, 1897
  • Oenopota monterosatoi É.A.A. Locard, 1897
  • Taranis monterosatoi Locard, 1897

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm. The distinctive characteristics of this species are a short aperture and shouldered whorls. There is also a considerable and continuous variation in the broadness of the shell between the sites of distribution.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal and Morocco at depths between 700 m and 2091 m

References

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  1. ^ a b Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Oenopota graphica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: Oenopota graphica