Nepotilla amoena

Nepotilla amoena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Nepotilla
Species:	N. amoena
Binomial name
Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms [1]
Rhaphitoma amoenaSars G. O., 1878 Taranis amoenaG. O. Sars, 1878

Nepotilla amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Greenland; Baffin Island, Canada and from Northern Norway to Southwest Sweden.

References

1. Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• 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

External links

• Biolib.cz: Nepotilla amoena - image
• Sars, G.O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania. xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 page(s): 220, pl. 17 fig. 10 a-b
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Nepotilla amoena