Exilia hilgendorfi

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Exilia hilgendorfi
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Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species:
E. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Exilia hilgendorfi
(Martens, 1897) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Benthovoluta hilgendorfi(Martens, 1897)
  • Mitra pliciferaYokoyama, 1920
  • Phenacoptygma kiienseKuroda, 1931
  • Voluta hilgendorfiMartens, 1897 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar; also off the east coast of Japan, from the Boso peninsula and Hachijo Island southwards (50–480 m depth) to the South China Sea (339–633 m depth) and the Solomon Islands (504–862 m depth). [2]

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