Oenopota harpularioides

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

Oenopota harpularioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. harpularioides
Binomial name
Oenopota harpularioides
Golikov & Fedjakov in Golikov, 1987

The taxonomy is this species is uncertain. Relying on Tucker, the website |Gastropods.com states this species as Oenopota harpularius (Couthouy, J.P., 1838),[2] while WoRMS states Oenopota harpularius as a synonym of Propebela harpularia (Couthouy, 1838)[3]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs on boreal and arctic seas.

References

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  1. ^ Oenopota harpularioides Golikov & Fedjakov in Golikov, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  3. ^ Gofas, S. (2008). Propebela harpularia. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160451 on 2017-11-13