Epitonium bucknilli

Epitonium bucknilli is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Epitonium bucknilli
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
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E. bucknilli
Binomial name
Epitonium bucknilli
Powell, 1924

Distribution

This species is known only from shallow water in northeastern New Zealand.

References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Epitonium bucknilli A. W. B. Powell, 1924. 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=523800 on 2010-11-22
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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