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

Oenopota convexigyra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. convexigyra
Binomial name
Oenopota convexigyra
Bouchet & Warén, 1980

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters off the Azores at depths of 3360 m.

References

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  • Bouchet, P. & A. Warén, 1980, Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, supplement 8: 1 120
  • 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
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • MHNH: Oenopota convexigyra