Epitonium novangliae
Species of gastropod
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838) | |
| 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
This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.[4]
References
- ^ 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
Media related to Epitonium novangliae at Wikimedia Commons
