Oenopotinae is a subfamily of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). . 397 pp.
This subfamily was introduced by Bogdanov in 1987.Bogdanov, I.P. 1987. An integrated study of the taxonomic features of the marine gastropods (Oenopotinae subfam. nov.). In: Molluscs. Results and perspectives of investigations. Eighth Meeting on the Investigation of Molluscs. Abstracts of Communications. (A.N Golikov & I.M. Likharev, eds), 35-37 'Nauka' Publishing House, Leningrad. (In Russian.)
In 2014 this subfamily has been included in the family Mangeliidae
Description The Oenopotinae are characterized by a thin, elongate-ovate to fusiform shell in the form of a tall spire with a size between 4.7mm and 24.5 mm. They show a present, vestigial or absent operculum and a shallow or inconspicuous sinus. This outer lip (labrum) is thin. The axial ribs are dominant in the sculpture of the shell. The toxoglossate radula has a weak basal ribbon and relatively short marginal teeth with solid base. The tooth cavity opens laterally between the shaft and the base. Chen-Kwoh Chang, Small Turrids of Taiwan, chapter 11, p. 107; June, 1 2001
Genera This is a list of the accepted names of genera in the subfamily Oenopotinae : (the main reference for recent species is the World Register of Marine Species WoRMS : Oenopotinae) Curtitoma Bartsch, 1941 Granotoma Bartsch, 1941 Lorabela Powell, 1951 Nematoma Bartsch, 1941 : synonym of Curtitoma Bartsch, 1941 Obesotoma Bartsch, 1941 Oenopota Mörch, 1852 Oenopotella A. Sysoev, 1988 Propebela Iredale, 1918 Venustoma Bartsch, 1941
References
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp