Epideira perksi

Epideira perksi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Epideira
Species:	E. perksi
Binomial name
Epideira perksi (Verco, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
Epidirona perksi(Verco, 1896) Hemipleurotoma perksi(Verco, 1896) Surcula perksiVerco, 1896

Epideira perksi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. ^[1]

Description

Epideira perksi was originally named Surcula perksi. It was named after Robert H. Perks in 1896. ^[2] Conchologist Joseph Verco was the first to write a description of Surcula perksi in the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia . ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia. Epideira perksi were first found off Thistle Island at a depth of 6 feet in weed. ^[2]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epideira perksi (Verco, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056352 on 2021-03-27
2. Verco, J. C. (1896). "Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 20 (1): 224–225.

• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Cotton, B.C. 1947. Australian Recent and Tertiary Turridae. Adelaide : Field Naturalist's Section of the Royal Society of South Australia. Conchology Club Vol. 4 pp. 1–34.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Taylor, J.D., Kantor, Y.I. & Sysoev, A.V. 1993. Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (=Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 59: 125–170
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295

External links

• Verco J.C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 20: 217-232, pls 6-8