Oenopotinae

Oenopotinae
Oenopotinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Oenopotinae
Bogdanov, 1987
Genera

See text
Synonyms

Lorinae Thiele, 1925 sensu Thiele

Oenopotinae is a subfamily of small to medium sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.[1]

Description

The Oenopotinae are characterized by a thin, elongate-ovate to fusiform shell in the form of a tall spire with a size between 4.7mm and 24.5 mm. They show a present, vestigial or absent operculum and a shallow or inconspicuous sinus. This outer lip (labrum) is thin. The axial ribs are dominant in the sculpture of the shell. The toxoglossate radula has a weak basal ribbon and relatively short marginal teeth with solid base. The tooth cavity opens laterally between the shaft and the base.[2]

Genera

This is a list of the accepted names of genera in the subfamily Mangeliinae : (the main reference for recent species is the World Register of Marine Species [3]

  • Curtitoma Bartsch, 1941
  • Granotoma Bartsch, 1941
  • Lorabela Powell, 1951
  • Nematoma Bartsch, 1941
  • Obesotoma Bartsch, 1941
  • Oenopota Mörch, 1852
  • Oenopotella A. Sysoev, 1988
  • Propebela Iredale, 1918
  • Venustoma Bartsch, 1941

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
  2. ^ Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, chapter 11, p. 107; June, 1 2001
  3. ^ WoRMS : Oenopotinae
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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