Biology:Epigrus insularis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Epigrus insularis
Scientific classification edit
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

This marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands.

References

  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. 2.0 2.1 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/

Wikidata ☰ Q3735448 entry