Exilia expeditionis

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Exilia expeditionis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species:
E. expeditionis
Binomial name
Exilia expeditionis
(Dell, 1956) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Chathamidia expeditionisDell, 1956

Exilia expeditionis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ptychatractidae. [2]

The name Chathamidia expeditionis was given to the snail after the 1954 expedition to the Chatham Islands. [3]

References

  1. Dell, R.K., 1956. The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Mus. Bull. Wellington 18: 1–235.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Exilia expeditionis (Dell, 1956) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 April 2010.
  3. "Dick Dell and the fantastic frilled crab". Te Papa’s Blog. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2024.