Exilia cortezi

Exilia cortezi
Shell of Exilia cortezi (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ptychatractidae
Genus:	Exilia
Species:	E. cortezi
Binomial name
Exilia cortezi (Dall, 1908) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Daphnella (Surculina) corteziDall, 1908 Leucosyrinx galapaganaDall, 1919

Exilia cortezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species was found off San Diego, Point Loma, California, United States, North Pacific Ocean.

References

1. Dall, W.H. (1908b) Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 34, 245–257.. World Register of Marine Species.
2. Exilia cortezi (Dall, 1908) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .