Oenopota tabulata

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

Oenopota tabulata
Image of a shell of Oenopota tabulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. tabulata
Binomial name
Oenopota tabulata
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella tabulata (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Lora tabulata (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Mangelia tabulata Carpenter, 1864

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The small, stout shell is strongly shouldered and coarsely cancellated. The color of the shell is a dull dark-red. The shell contains five whorls. These are rectangularly tabulated. The suture is impressed. The shell shows about 16 longitudinal, obtuse ribs These become almost obsolete at the base of the shell. The spiral sculpture consists of about 3–4 narrow ribs on each whorl. The crossings with the longitudinal ribs are nodose. The subquadratic interstices are deeply impressed. The siphonal canal is short and open. The outer lip is sharp and slightly sinuate at the posterior end. The columella is abnormally twisted. In fully adult specimens there is sometimes a thickening near the anterior end of the columella which in some individuals approaches a fold, but is not carried into the interior on the columella.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Sitka, Alaska, to Monterey, California, USA.

References
  1. Oenopota tabulata (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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