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

Oenopota excurvata
Shell of Oenopota excurvata (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. excurvata
Binomial name
Oenopota excurvata
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela excurvata Carpenter, 1864 (original description)
  • Lora excurvata (Carpenter, 1864)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm. The characteristics are similar to Curtitoma trevelliana (Turton, 1834) except for the white color, being shorter and the margins of the whorls being more curved.

Distribution

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This species occurs from the Bering Sea to the Salish Sea, Northwest America

References

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  1. ^ a b Oenopota excurvata (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
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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.
  • "Oenopota excurvata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.