''Cyrillia ephesina'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia ephesina (Pusateri, Giannuzzi-Savelli & Stahlschmidt, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389221 on 2020-05-02]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5.8 mm and 7.5 mm. The shell body is dextrally coiled (right-handed).
Distribution
This marine species occurs widely in the
Mediterranean Sea (France, Croatia, Greece, Italy) and in the
Aegean Sea.
They can be found living along the seafloor, shores, tidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
References
External links
Pusateri F., Giannuzzi-Savelli R. & Stahlschmidt P. , 2017. - Description of a new species of the genus Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847 from the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca Neogastropoda Conoidea Raphitomidae). Biodiversity Journal 8(1): 205-210Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 414-425
ephesina
Gastropods described in 2017
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