Exilioidea atlantica

Exilioidea atlantica
Shell of Exilioidea atlantica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Ptychatractidae
Genus:	Exilioidea
Species:	E. atlantica
Binomial name
Exilioidea atlantica Bouchet & Warén, 1988 [1]

Exilioidea atlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ptychatractidae. ^[2]

Description

The length of the thin shell that spirals to a point attains 35.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1. Bouchet Ph., Warén A. 1988. Transfer of Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931 to Turbinellidae, with descriptions of three new species (Neogastropoda). Venus, 47(3): 172–184. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. Exilioidea atlantica Bouchet & Warén, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 April 2010.

• Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1988). Transfer of Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931 to Turbinellidae, with descriptions of three new species (Neogastropoda). Venus. 47(3): 172-184.

External links

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.