Oenopota Mörch 1852 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Synonym: Lora Gray 1847 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Mangeliidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2020, Rosenberg 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acmaturris, Agathotoma, Anticlinura, Apispiralia, Apitua, Bactrocythara, Bela, Bellacythara, Benthomangelia, Brachycythara, Cacodaphnella, Citharomangelia, Cryoturris, Curtitoma, Cythara, Cytharopsis, Dolostoma, Eucithara, Euryentmema, Fehria, Genotina, Gingicithara, Glyphoturris, Granotoma, Granoturris, Guraleus, Hemicythara, Heterocithara, Ithycythara, Kurtzia, Kurtziella, Kurtzina, Leiocithara, Liracraea, Macteola, Mariadrillia, Marita, Mitraguraleus, Neoguraleus, Notocytharella, Obesotoma, Oenopotella, Papillocithara, Paraspirotropis, Perimangelia, Platycythara, Propebela, Pseudorhaphitoma, Pyrgocythara, Rubellatoma, Saccharoturris, Sorgenfreispira, Stellatoma, Suturocythara, Tenaturris, Toxicochlespira, Venustoma, Vitjazinella, Vitricythara, Pyrenoturris

Subtaxa: Lora alaskensis Lora aleutica Lora alitakensis Lora americana Lora bicarinata Lora declivis Lora elegans Lora excurvata Lora expansa Lora harpa Lora healyi Lora hebes Lora impressa Lora inflata Lora krausei Lora laurenciana Lora levidensis Lora lutkeana Lora nazanensis Lora nunivakensis Lora pingelii Lora quadra Lora schantarica Lora schmidti Lora sculpturata Lora simplex Lora solida Lora subluta Lora tenuicostata Oenopota oldroydi Oenopota pyramidalis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (2), Iceland (2), Ireland (1), the Netherlands (6), United States (15: Alaska, California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Denmark (1), United States (6: Alaska)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)

Total: 43 collections including 47 occurrences

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