Ericusa sowerbyi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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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]
The size of the shell varies between 95 mm and 260 mm.
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This marine species occurs off East and South Australia and off Tasmania.
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