Oenopota graphica

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Oenopota graphica
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Original image of a shell of Oenopota graphica
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. graphica
Binomial name
Oenopota graphica
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bela graphicaLocard, 1897
  • Bela graphica var. ventricosaLocard, 1897
  • Oenopota monterosatoiÉ.A.A. Locard, 1897
  • Taranis monterosatoiLocard, 1897

Oenopota graphica 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 6.5 mm. The distinctive characteristics of this species are a short aperture and shouldered whorls. There is also a considerable and continuous variation in the broadness of the shell between the sites of distribution.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal and Morocco at depths between 700 m and 2091 m

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