Oenopota nunivakensis

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

Oenopota nunivakensis
Original image of a shell of Oenopota nunivakensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. nunivakensis
Binomial name
Oenopota nunivakensis
(W.H. Dall, 1919)
Synonyms

Mangilia nunivakensis W.H. Dall, 1919 (original description)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

(Original description) The thin shell is rather large, whitish, acute and elevated. It contains about seven whorls, the protoconch eroded. The suture is distinct. The anal fasciole is hardly constricted, and is concavely wrinkled. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl about 18) protractive rather feeble, rounded ribs, with subequal interspaces, becoming obsolete on the base. There is practical no spiral sculpture. The aperture is simple. The anal sulcus is wide and shallow. The outer lip is arcuate. The siphonal canal is straight.[1]

Distribution

This marine species was found in the Bering Sea near Nunivak Island.

References
  1. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Oenopota nunivakensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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