Oenopotinae
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Subfamily: | Oenopotinae Bogdanov, 1987
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Lorinae Thiele, 1925 sensu Thiele |
Oenopotinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.[1]
Description
The Oenopotinae are characterized by a thin, elongate-ovate to fusiform shell in the form of a tall spire with a size between 4.7mm and 24.5 mm. They show a present, vestigial or absent operculum and a shallow or inconspicuous sinus. This outer lip (labrum) is thin. The axial ribs are dominant in the sculpture of the shell. The toxoglossate radula has a weak basal ribbon and relatively short marginal teeth with solid base. The tooth cavity opens laterally between the shaft and the base.[2]
Genera
This is a list of the accepted names of genera in the subfamily Mangeliinae : (the main reference for recent species is the World Register of Marine Species [3]
- Curtitoma Bartsch, 1941
- Granotoma Bartsch, 1941
- Lorabela Powell, 1951
- Nematoma Bartsch, 1941
- Obesotoma Bartsch, 1941
- Oenopota Mörch, 1852
- Oenopotella A. Sysoev, 1988
- Propebela Iredale, 1918
- Venustoma Bartsch, 1941
References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
- ^ Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, chapter 11, p. 107; June, 1 2001
- ^ WoRMS : Oenopotinae
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp