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

Oenopota obliqua
Image of a shell of Oenopota obliqua
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. obliqua
Binomial name
Oenopota obliqua
(Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]

Bela obliqua Sars G. O., 1878

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

The turriculated shell has shouldered whorls. The shoulder is acute and tuberculated by the terminations of thirteen to sixteen narrow oblique ribs. The much wider interspaces are covered by revolving striae. The aperture is rather short and broadly truncate below.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in European waters (Northern Norway - Arctic Russia) and in the arctic waters of [Eastern [Canada]].

References

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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.