Biology:Ericusa sowerbyi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ericusa sowerbyi
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.226597 - Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839) - Volutidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Ericusa
Species:
E. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Ericusa sowerbyi
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi perspecta Iredale, 1929
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi porcellana Jackson, 1954
  • Voluta fusiformis Swainson, 1822

Ericusa sowerbyi, common name the spindle-shaped volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 95 mm and 260 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East and South Australia and off Tasmania.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2011.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5388244 entry