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Epitonium novangliae

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Epitonium novangliae
Epitonium novangliae illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Epitonium
Species:
E. novangliae
Binomial name
Epitonium novangliae
(Couthouy, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scalaria novangliae (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Scala aeospila (Mörch, 1875)

Epitonium novangliae, common name the New England wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[2][3]

Distribution

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

Description

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

Habitat

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

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