Oenopota bicarinata

Oenopota bicarinata
Oenopota bicarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Oenopota
Species: O. bicarinata
Binomial name
Oenopota bicarinata
(Couthouy, 1838)
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma bicarinata Couthouy, 1838

Oenopota bicarinata, common name the two-corded lora, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, the arctic Canadian waters and the Gulf of Maine.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Oenopota bicarinata (Couthouy, 1838).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158012 on 10 August 2011.
  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  • Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
  • Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.

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