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Oenopota carioca

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Oenopota carioca
Shells of Oenopota carioca (museum specimens at MNHN)
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. carioca
Binomial name
Oenopota carioca
Figueira & Absalão, 2010

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Oenopota carioca Figueira & Absalão, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557259 on 2017-11-04
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  • "Oenopota carioca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.