Oenopota tenuicostata
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| Oenopota tenuicostata | |
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| Two views of a shell of Oenopota tenuicostata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Oenopota |
| Species: | O. tenuicostata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenopota tenuicostata (Sars G.O., 1878) | |
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Oenopota tenuicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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.[2]
