Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Oenopota kurilensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. kurilensis
Binomial name
Oenopota kurilensis
Bogdanov, 1989
Synonyms[1]
  • Nodotoma kurilensis (Bogdanov, 1989)

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Okhotsk Sea and in the Arctic Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ a b Oenopota kurilensis Bogdanov, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  • Bogdanov, IP. "7 New Species of Subfamily Oenopotinae from the Okhotsk Sea." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 68.11 (1989): 147–152.
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  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Nodotoma kurilensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.