Curtitoma novajasemljensis

Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Image of a shell of Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Curtitoma
Species: C. novajasemljensis
Binomial name
Curtitoma novajasemljensis
(Leche, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma novajasemljensis Leche, 1878
  • Curtitoma novajasemliensis (Leche, 1878) (misspelling)
  • Oenopota novajasemliensis (Leche, 1878) (currently placed in genus Curtitoma)

Curtitoma novajasemljensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4.9 mm and 33 mm.

The shell has a yellowish ash-color. It is finely and equally decussated by longitudinal and revolving lines. The whorls show a narrow shoulder. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Canadian Arctic waters; on the continental shelf of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea [3]

References

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