Biology:Epitonium tenellum

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Epitonium tenellum
Epitonium tenellum 01.jpg
A shell of Epitonium tenellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Epitonium
Species:
E. tenellum
Binomial name
Epitonium tenellum
(Hutton, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium (Papyriscala) tenellum (Hutton, 1885) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Epitonium helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
  • Epitonium novoseelandiae (Clessin, 1897)
  • Epitonium tenellum helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
  • Limiscala helicornuum Iredale, 1936
  • Limiscala lineolata (Hutton, 1873)
  • Limiscala tenella (Hutton, 1885)
  • Scalaria lyra Hutton, 1880
  • Scalaria tenella Hutton, 1885
  • Scalaria lineolata Hutton, 1873

Epitonium tenellum, common name the small wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Distribution

This snail is found in shallow water in southeastern Australia and the North Island of New Zealand.

Description

The shell height varies between 10 mm and 20mm

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2010). Epitonium tenellum (Hutton, 1885). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523994 on 2010-11-23
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q2551753 entry



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