Oenopota magellanica

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

Oenopota magellanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. magellanica
Binomial name
Oenopota magellanica
(Martens, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela magellanica (Martens, 1881)
  • Mangelia magellanica (Martens, 1881)
  • Pleurotoma magellanica Martens, 1881 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and off Argentina.

References
  1. Oenopota magellanica (Martens, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  • Martens, E. von. "Mehrere von Sr. Maj. Schiff Gazelle von der Magalhaenstrasse, der Ostküste Patagoniens un der Kerguelen-Insel mitgebrachte Meeres-Conchylien." Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (1881): 75–80.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Forcelli (2000), Molluscos Magallanicos: Mangelia magellanica


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