Epitonium bucknilli

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Epitonium bucknilli
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
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E. bucknilli
Binomial name
Epitonium bucknilli
Powell, 1924

Epitonium bucknilli is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. [1]

Distribution

This species is known only from shallow water in northeastern New Zealand.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Epitonium bucknilli A. W. B. Powell, 1924. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523800 on 2010-11-22