Oenopota carioca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shells of Oenopota carioca (museum specimens at MNHN) | |
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. carioca
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| Binomial name | |
| Oenopota carioca Figueira & Absalão, 2010
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Oenopota carioca Figueira & Absalão, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557259 on 2017-11-04
External links edit
- "Oenopota carioca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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