Epidirella xanthophaes

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

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)

Description

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

Biology

Members of the order Neogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[2]

Life Cycle and Mating Behavior

Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[3]

Distribution

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

References
  1. "Epidirella xanthophaes". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. Ruppert; Fox; Barnes (2004). Invertebrate Zoology (7th ed.). Thomson Learning Inc. p. 990.
  3. Tucker, John H. (2004). Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca:Gastropoda). Magnolia Press. ISBN 978-1-877354-50-2.
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