Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi

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Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Eosiphonidae
Genus: Enigmaticolus
Species:
E. desbruyeresi
Binomial name
Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi
(Okutani & Ohta, 1993)
Synonyms [1]
  • Eosipho desbruyeresi Okutani & Ohta, 1993
  • Eosipho desbruyeresi nipponensis Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000

Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies. [1]

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Description

Easily distinguishable from all other Enigmaticolus species by the complete lack of a subsutural ramp. Also exhibits weak spiral cords on the base. [2]

Distribution

Found in hydrothermal vents in Manus, North Fiji, and Lau basins in the southwestern Pacific and off Luzon, Philippines. Individuals have been known to live 1456–2750 m deep. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi (Okutani & Ohta, 1993) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 Chong Chen; Ting Xu; Koen Fraussen; Jian-Wen Qiu (2021). "Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 230–240. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa134.
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