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Oenopota obliqua
Oenopota obliqua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
From the article Oenopota obliqua on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm. The turriculated shell has shouldered whorls. The shoulder is acute and tuberculated by the terminations of thirteen to sixteen narrow oblique ribs. The much wider interspaces are covered by revolving striae. The aperture is rather short and broadly truncate below.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in European waters (Northern Norway - Arctic, Russia) and in the arctic waters of Eastern Canada, Canada.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1369202.