Epitonium novangliae
Appearance
Epitonium novangliae | |
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Epitonium novangliae illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Epitonium |
Species: | E. novangliae
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Binomial name | |
Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Epitonium novangliae, common name the New England wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[2]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[4]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Zoology of New York; or, The New York fauna (1842)- Series: Natural history of New York
- ^ a b c on 2010-11-23 WoRMS (2010). Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838).
- ^ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Epitonium novangliae at Wikimedia Commons