- Epitonium bucknilli
Taxobox
name = "Epitonium bucknilli"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Prosobranchia
ordo = Heterogastropoda
familia =Epitoniidae
genus =Epitonium
species = "E. bucknilli"
binomial = "Epitonium bucknilli"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1924"Epitonium bucknilli" is a
species of smallpredatory seasnail , a marinegastropod mollusc in the familyEpitoniidae , thewentletrap s.Distribution
This wentletrap is endemic to north east
New Zealand .Habitat
This species is found in sandy, shallow water in open coast situations.
hell description
The shell is small and narrow, with a very slender spire, and sculptured with numerous sharp lamellose axial ribs, about 18 to 20 per whorl, the interstices delicately spirally striated.
The shell coloration is a shining white.
Shell height is up to 16.5 mm, and width is up to 7 mm.
References
* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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