Nepotilla amoena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Rhaphitoma amoena Sars G. O., 1878
  • Taranis amoena G. O. Sars, 1878

Nepotilla amoena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

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

  • 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


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