Biology:Exilia hilgendorfi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Exilia hilgendorfi
Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Pseudolivoidea
Family:	Ptychatractidae
Genus:	Exilia
Species:	E. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Exilia hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
Synonyms
Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897) † Mitra plicifera Yokoyama, 1920 Phenacoptygma kiiense Kuroda, 1931 Voluta hilgendorfi Martens, 1897 (original combination)

Exilia hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar ; also off the east coast of Japan , from the Boso peninsula and Hachijo Island southwards (50–480 m depth) to the South China Sea (339–633 m depth) and the Solomon Islands (504–862 m depth).

References

• Yokoyama M. (1920). Fossils from the Miura Peninsula and its immediate north. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University. 39(6): 1–193, 20 pls.
• Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). Ruthenica 11(2): 81–136.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Martens E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17
• Kantor Y.I., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2020). The challenge of integrative taxonomy of rare, deep-water gastropods: the genus Exilia (Neogastropoda: Turbinelloidea: Ptychatractidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86: 120-138

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