Oenopota cinerea

Oenopota cinerea
Drawing of the shell of Oenopota cinerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. cinerea
Binomial name
Oenopota cinerea
(Møller, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Defrancia cinerea Møller, 1842
  • Mangilia cinerea (Møller, 1842)
  • Nodotoma cinerea (Møller, 1842)
  • Pleurotomoides cinerea (H.P.C. Møller, 1842)

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

Description

The shell does normally have a yellowish brown or white coloration, and the space above the tuberculated angle is typically smooth.[2][1] The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.

This predatory species has a benthos functional group.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the arctic waters of Canada.

It is under a exotic conservation status in the Northwest Territories.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 April 2023.


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