Oenopota carioca

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

Oenopota carioca
Shells of Oenopota carioca (museum specimens at MNHN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. carioca
Binomial name
Oenopota carioca
Figueira & Absalão, 2010

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Oenopota carioca Figueira & Absalão, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557259 on 2017-11-04
  • "Oenopota carioca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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