| Alexania moerchi | |
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| Shell of Alexania moerchi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Alexania |
| Species: | A. moerchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alexania moerchi is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. [1]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, with an elevated spire and is imperforate. It is covered with an olive-colored epidermis. The apex is very sharp. The shell contains 7 slightly convex whorls, obtusely angled at the sutures. The aperture is ovate. The inner lip is covered with a thin white callus. The columella is slightly reflexed at the front. The outer lip is scarcely angled at the back and has a sharp edge. [2]
This marine species occurs off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) and Japan. [2]
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