Oenopota impressa

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Oenopota impressa
Drawing of a shell of Oenopota impressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Oenopota
Species:
O. impressa
Binomial name
Oenopota impressa
(Mørch, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela cancellata Mighels & Adams, 1842 sensu G. O. Sars, 1878 (misidentification)
  • Bela impressa Leche, 1886
  • Bela sarsii Verrill, 1880
  • Lora impressa (Mørch, 1869)
  • Nodotoma impressa (Beck, H.H. in Mörch, O.A.L., 1869)
  • Oenopota impressus (Mørch, 1869)
  • Pleurotoma (Ischnula) impressa Mørch, 1869 (original description)

Oenopota impressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Pleurotoma impressa Mørch, 1869 is the type species of Nodotoma Bartsch, 1941

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

The wide shell has a short spire and sloping but rather well-defined shoulder. It is densely costulate longitudinally, crossed by about ten spiral riblets, forming a cancellated surface. Its color is a yellowish ash.[2]

Distribution

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