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:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Epitonium
Species:
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
  1. Zoology of New York; or, The New York fauna (1842)- Series: Natural history of New York
  2. on 2010-11-23 WoRMS (2010). Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838).
  3. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  4. 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.
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