Epitonium novangliae | |
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Epitonium novangliae illustration [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Epitonium |
Species: | E. novangliae |
Binomial name | |
Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Epitonium novangliae, common name the New England wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. [2] [3]
This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. [2]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m. [4]
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