Oenopota excurvata

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10&nbsp;mm, its diameter 3.8&nbsp;mm. The characteristics are similar to Curtitoma trevelliana<small> (Turton, 1834)</small> except for the white color, being shorter and the margins of the whorls being more curved.

Distribution

This species occurs from the Bering Sea to the Salish Sea, North America

References

• Philip Carpenter, Diagnoses Specierum et Varietatum novarum Moluscorum prope sinum Pugetianum; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia vol. 17 (1865)
• Carpenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington

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