Curtitoma novajasemljensis

Curtitoma novajasemljensis
	Image of a shell of Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Curtitoma
Species:	C. novajasemljensis
Binomial name
	Curtitoma novajasemljensis; (Leche, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
	Pleurotoma novajasemljensis Leche, 1878; Curtitoma novajasemliensis (Leche, 1878) (misspelling); Oenopota novajasemliensis (Leche, 1878) (currently placed in genus Curtitoma);

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4.9 mm and 33 mm.

The shell has a yellowish ash-color. It is finely and equally decussated by longitudinal and revolving lines. The whorls show a narrow shoulder.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Canadian Arctic waters; on the continental shelf of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea[3]

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References

Leche, W. (1878) Ofversight ofver de af Svenska Expeditionema till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 issamlade Hafs-Mollusker. Handlingar Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens, 16 (2) : 1–86
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

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[WoRMS-1] Curtitoma novajasemljensis (Leche, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 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

[3] Konar, Brenda, and Alexandra M. Ravelo. Epibenthic Community Variability on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Continental Shelf. Coastal Marine Institute, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, 2013.