Epitonium novangliae

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Epitonium novangliae
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Epitonium novangliae illustration [1]
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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]
  • Scalaria novangliae(Couthouy, 1838)
  • Scala aeospila(Mörch, 1875)

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]

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Distribution

This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm. [4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m. [4]

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