Oenopota cinerea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Oenopota |
| Species: | O. cinerea
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| Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.
The shells could be yellowish brown or white. The space above the tuberculated angle is smooth.[2][1]
The Oenopota cinerea has a benthos functional group, and is a predator.[1]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the arctic waters of Canada.
It is under a exotic conservation status in the Northwest Territories.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Oenopota cinerea (Møller, 1842). 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.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- 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
edit- 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 cinerea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.