Oenopota tenuicostata explained

Oenopota tenuicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies from 5 mm to 13 mm.

This species resembles Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839) but is smaller and has more numerous ribs.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Greenland and Novaya Zemlya at depths between 200 m and 2702 m.

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences