Oenopota cinerea

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

Oenopota cinerea
Drawing of the shell of Oenopota cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Oenopota
Species:	O. cinerea
Binomial name
Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
Defrancia cinerea Møller, 1842 Mangilia cinerea (Møller, 1842) Nodotoma cinerea (Møller, 1842) Pleurotomoides cinerea (H.P.C. Møller, 1842)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.

The shell is yellowish brown. The space above the tuberculated angle is smooth.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the arctic waters of Canada.

References

1. Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842). 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.

• Møller H. O., 1842 :Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae ; Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn 4 (1): 76–97
• 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.
• "Nodotoma cinerea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.