Curtitoma novajasemljensis

Curtitoma novajasemljensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Image of a shell of Curtitoma novajasemljensis
Scientific classification
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)

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 Alaska, Beaufort Sea^[3]