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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Epitonium |
| Species: | E. bucknilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924 | |
Distribution
editThis species is known only from shallow water in northeastern New Zealand.
References
edit- ↑ 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