Oenopota levidensis | |
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Shell of Oenopota levidensis (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Oenopota |
Species: | O. levidensis
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Binomial name | |
Oenopota levidensis (
Carpenter, 1864)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Oenopota levidensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm. Carpenter's types from Neeah Bay and Puget Sound were badly worn, imperfect specimens, hardly identifiable. The color of the fresh shell is dark brown, and the sculpture on the body whorl in older specimens is often more or less obsolete. [2]
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This marine species occurs in the Salish Sea, Northwest America
Oenopota levidensis | |
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Shell of Oenopota levidensis (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Oenopota |
Species: | O. levidensis
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Binomial name | |
Oenopota levidensis (
Carpenter, 1864)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Oenopota levidensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm. Carpenter's types from Neeah Bay and Puget Sound were badly worn, imperfect specimens, hardly identifiable. The color of the fresh shell is dark brown, and the sculpture on the body whorl in older specimens is often more or less obsolete. [2]
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2017) |
This marine species occurs in the Salish Sea, Northwest America