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Epigrus insularis

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Epigrus insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Epigridae
Genus: Epigrus
Species:
E. insularis
Binomial name
Epigrus insularis
Oliver, 1915[1]

"Epigrus" insularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3] The species is thought not to belong to the genus Epigrus, but is of uncertain placement in the family Pyramidellidae.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Oliver W. R. B. (1915). "The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509–568, plates 9–12.
  2. ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2012). Pyramidellidae incertae sedis insularis Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599066 on 2012-08-26
  3. ^ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. Online http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/
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