Ericusa sowerbyi

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Ericusa sowerbyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Ericusa
Species:
E. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Ericusa sowerbyi
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi perspectaIredale, 1929
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi porcellanaJackson, 1954
  • Voluta fusiformisSwainson, 1822

Ericusa sowerbyi, common name the spindle-shaped volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 95 mm and 260 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East and South Australia and off Tasmania.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 November 2011.