Epitonium novangliae

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]

Epitonium novangliae
Epitonium novangliae illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Class:
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
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E. novangliae
Binomial name
Epitonium novangliae
(Couthouy, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scalaria novangliae (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Scala aeospila (Mörch, 1875)

Distribution

This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.[4]

References

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