Oenopota impressa
Drawing of a shell of Oenopota impressa
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. impressa
Binomial name
Oenopota impressa
(Mørch, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela cancellata Mighels & Adams, 1842 sensu G. O. Sars, 1878 (misidentification)
  • Bela impressa Leche, 1886
  • Bela sarsii Verrill, 1880
  • Lora impressa (Mørch, 1869)
  • Nodotoma impressa (Beck, H.H. in Mörch, O.A.L., 1869)
  • Oenopota impressus (Mørch, 1869)
  • Pleurotoma (Ischnula) impressa Mørch, 1869 (original description)

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

Pleurotoma impressa Mørch, 1869 is the type species of Nodotoma Bartsch, 1941

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

The wide shell has a short spire and sloping but rather well-defined shoulder. It is densely costulate longitudinally, crossed by about ten spiral riblets, forming a cancellated surface. Its color is a yellowish ash.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla); in the Arctic Ocean, near the Seahorse Islands, south to the Aleutians and eastward to St. Paul, Kodiak Island, Alaska.

References

  • Mørch, Moll. Spitzb., No. 31 ; Ann. Soc. Mal. Belg., iv, 21, 1869
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • 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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