Nepotilla amoena
Nepotilla amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Nepotilla amoena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Nepotilla |
| Species: | N. amoena |
| Binomial name | |
| Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Greenland; Baffin Island, Canada and from Northern Norway to Southwest Sweden.
References
- Nepotilla amoena (Sars G.O., 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
- Biolib.cz: Nepotilla amoena - image
- Sars, G.O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania. xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 page(s): 220, pl. 17 fig. 10 a-b
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Nepotilla amoena
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