Oenopota excurvata

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Oenopota excurvata
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Shell of Oenopota excurvata (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. excurvata
Binomial name
Oenopota excurvata
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bela excurvataCarpenter, 1864 (original description)
  • Lora excurvata(Carpenter, 1864)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. The characteristics are similar to Curtitoma trevelliana (Turton, 1834) except for the white color, being shorter and the margins of the whorls being more curved.

Distribution

This species occurs from the Bering Sea to the Salish Sea, Northwest America

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