Oenopota rosea

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

Oenopota rosea
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. rosea
Binomial name
Oenopota rosea
(Lovén, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lora rosea Sars, 1846
  • Oenopota quoyi C. des Moulins, 1842

According to J.Tucker, this species is a synonym of Oenopota harpularius, itself a synonym of Propebela harpularia (Couthouy, 1838)

Description

Distribution

This marine species is circumboreal and also occurs off Alaska, Simeonoff Island to San Juan Islands, Washington, USA.

References

  1. Oenopota declivis (Lovén, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 August 2011.
  • Lovén, Sven Ludvig. Index molluscorum: litora Scandinaviæ occidentalia habitantium. Faunæ prodromum. PA Norstedt, 1846.
  • G. O. Sars Moll. Reg. Arct. Norv., pi. 23, fig. 10


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