''Enixotrophon arnaudi'' 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 Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Enixotrophon arnaudi (Pastorino, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869767 on 2021-11-24]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found off the
South Sandwich Islands
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References
* Pastorino. 2002. Malacologia 44 (2): 353–361
* Marshall B.A. & Houart R. (2011) ''The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea''. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1): 89–114.
ublished March 2011page(s): 113
External links
Pagodula arnudi at EOLBarco, A.; Marshall, B.; A. Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488
Gastropods described in 2002
Enixotrophon
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