Oenopota cinerea

Oenopota cinerea
Drawing of the shell of Oenopota cinerea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 cinereaMøller, 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. 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 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.

• Møller H. O., 1842 :Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae; Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn 4 (1): 76–97
• 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

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Nodotoma cinerea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.