Oenopotinae Explained

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

This subfamily was introduced by Bogdanov in 1987.^[2] In 2014 this subfamily has been included in the family Mangeliidae^[3]

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.^[4]

Genera

This is a list of the accepted names of genera in the subfamily Oenopotinae : (the main reference for recent species is the World Register of Marine Species ^[5])

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

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

Notes and References

1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). . 397 pp.
2. Bogdanov, I.P. 1987. An integrated study of the taxonomic features of the marine gastropods (Oenopotinae subfam. nov.). In: Molluscs. Results and perspectives of investigations. Eighth Meeting on the Investigation of Molluscs. Abstracts of Communications. (A.N Golikov & I.M. Likharev, eds), 35-37 'Nauka' Publishing House, Leningrad. (In Russian.)
3. Puillandre . N. . etal . 2014 . Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the cone snails (Gastropoda, Conoidea) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 78 . 290–303 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.023 . 24878223 . 5556946.
4. http://s190418054.onlinehome.us/Portal/Turrids/Turrid11.pdf Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, chapter 11, p. 107; June, 1 2001
5. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411812 WoRMS : Oenopotinae