''Oenopota magellanica'' 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

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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, Brazil and off Argentina.

References

* Martens, E. von. "Mehrere von Sr. Maj. Schiff Gazelle von der Magalhaenstrasse, der Ostküste Patagoniens un der Kerguelen-Insel mitgebrachte Meeres-Conchylien." Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1881 (1881): 75–80.

External links

*
Forcelli (2000), Molluscos Magallanicos: ''Mangelia magellanica''

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Gastropods described in 1881 {{Oenopota-stub