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

Oenopota dictyophora
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. dictyophora
Binomial name
Oenopota dictyophora
Bouchet & Warén, 1980

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 9.1 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in European waters off the British Isles and in the Bay of Biscay.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Serge Gofas (2011). "Oenopota dictyophora Bouchet & Warén, 1980". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  • Bouchet, P. & A. Warén, 1980, Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, supplement 8: 1 120

Further reading edit

  • 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

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