Epidirella xanthophaes

Epidirella xanthophaes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Epidirella
Species: E. xanthophaes
Binomial name
Epidirella xanthophaes
(R.B. Watson, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Austrogemmula tasmanica (May, 1911)
  • Hemipleurotoma tasmanica May, 1911
  • Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) tasmanica May, W.L., 1911 (basionym)

Epidirella xanthophaes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, at depths between 37 m and 161 m.

References

  1. ↑ Gastropods.com: Epidirella xanthophaes; retrieved: 21 February 2012


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