Oenopota elegans

Oenopota elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Oenopota
Species: O. elegans
Binomial name
Oenopota elegans
(Møller, 1842)
Synonyms[2]
  • Defrancia elegans Moller, 1842
  • Lora elegans

Oenopota elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.

References

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