''Oenopota alba'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sakhalin, Eastern Russia

References

* Golikov, A. N., and O. A. Scarlato. "Shell-bearing gastropod and bivalve molluscs of the shelf of southern Sakhalin and their ecology." Biocenoses and fauna of the shelf of south Sakhalin. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei 30.38 (1985): 360–487.

External links

* alba Gastropods described in 1985 {{Oenopota-stub