Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Mangeliidae > Genus Oenopota

Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oenopota*	Mörch, 1852	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bela pyramidalis*	(Strøm, 1788)	synonym
*Bela pyramidalis var. semiplicata*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Buccinum pyramidale*	Strøm, 1788	synonym
*Defrancia vahli*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Fusus pleurotomarius*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym
*Pleurotoma pyramidalis*	(Strøm, 1788)	synonym
*Pleurotoma pyramidalis var. jenisseensis*	Leche, 1878	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pyramid lora

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139328