Oenopota graphica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Oenopota graphica | |
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Original image of a shell of Oenopota graphica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Oenopota |
Species: | O. graphica
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Binomial name | |
Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe 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.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal and Morocco at depths between 700 m and 2091 m
References
edit- ^ a b Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
- Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1–18
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
External links
edit- 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
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