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Epitonium novangliae illustration[1] | |
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Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838) | |
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Epitonium novangliae, common name the New England wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[2][3]
Distribution
This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[2]
Description
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.[4]
References
- ↑ Zoology of New York; or, The New York fauna (1842)- Series: Natural history of New York
- 1 2 3 on 2010-11-23 WoRMS (2010). Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838).
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
- 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.
External links
- Media related to Epitonium novangliae at Wikimedia Commons
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