Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Image of a shell of Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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

  1. ^ a b Curtitoma novajasemljensis (Leche, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  3. ^ "Konar, Brenda, and Alexandra M. Ravelo. Epibenthic Community Variability on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Continental Shelf. Coastal Marine Institute, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

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