Nepotilla amoena

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Nepotilla amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Nepotilla amoena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. amoena
Binomial name
Nepotilla amoena
(Sars G.O., 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhaphitoma amoena Sars G. O., 1878
  • Taranis amoena G. O. Sars, 1878

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Greenland; Baffin Island, Canada and from Northern Norway to Southwest Sweden.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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

External links edit

  • Biolib.cz: Nepotilla amoena - image
  • Sars, G.O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania. xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 page(s): 220, pl. 17 fig. 10 a-b
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Nepotilla amoena