Oenopota declivis

Oenopota declivis
	Drawing of a shell of Oenopota declivis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Oenopota
Species:	O. declivis
Binomial name
	Oenopota declivis; (Lovén, 1846)
Synonyms
	Lora chiachiana Dall, W.H., 1919; Nodotoma declivis (Lovén, S.L., 1846); Oenopota chiachiana (W.H. Dall, 1919); Oenopota declive S.L. Lovén, 1846; Tritonium declive Loven, 1846 (basionym);

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

Subspecies: Oenopota declivis angustior (J.G. Jeffreys, 1877)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.

The characters of this shell are close to Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842), but the shell is longer in the spire and narrower, with slightly stronger shoulder, fewer ribs and revolving striae. The sculpture is cancellated. The aperture is broadly truncate below.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the arctic waters of Canada and off Nova Zembla, Russia

References

^ ^a ^b Oenopota declivis (Lovén, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
^ 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.

Lovén, Sven Ludvig. Index molluscorum: litora Scandinaviæ occidentalia habitantium. Faunæ prodromum. PA Norstedt, 1846.
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 declivis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Oenopota declivis (Lovén, 1846). 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.

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