Epitonium humphreysii
| Epitonium humphreysii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Epitonium |
| Species: | E. humphreysii |
| Binomial name | |
| Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Epitonium humphreysii, common name Humphrey's wentletrap, is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. [1]
Distribution
This wentletrap occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean. and is found from Massachusetts, south throughout Florida and through the Gulf states to east Mexico, and in Brazil.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 24 mm.[3][2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 95 m.[3]
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838). 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=160293 on 2010-11-22
- 1 2 "Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 29 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 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.
Further reading
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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