Oenopota graphica

Oenopota graphica
Original image of a shell of Oenopota graphica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Oenopota
Species:	O. graphica
Binomial name
Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
Bela graphica Locard, 1897 Bela graphica var. ventricosa Locard, 1897 Oenopota monterosatoi É.A.A. Locard, 1897 Taranis monterosatoi Locard, 1897

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm. The distinctive characteristics of this species are a short aperture and shouldered whorls. There is also a considerable and continuous variation in the broadness of the shell between the sites of distribution.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal and Morocco at depths between 700 m and 2091 m

References[]

• Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1–18
• 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
• Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155

External links[]

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Oenopota graphica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• MNHN, Paris: Oenopota graphica

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