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Enaeta leonardhilli

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Enaeta leonardhilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Enaeta
Species:
E. leonardhilli
Binomial name
Enaeta leonardhilli
Petuch, 1982
Synonyms

Lyria leonardhilli Petuch, 1988 (original combination)

Enaeta leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

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A small species, attaining no more than about 15-20 mm. in size.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and the Fernando de Noronha Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Enaeta leonardhilli Petuch, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2012.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.