Oenopota violacea

Oenopota violacea
Oenopota violacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Oenopota
Species: O. violacea
Binomial name
Oenopota violacea
(Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Oenopota violacea 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 European waters and along the British Isles.

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. ^ Oenopota violacea (Mighels & Adams, 1842).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139337 on 11 August 2011.
  • 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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