''Enixotrophon ceciliae'' 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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Enixotrophon ceciliae (Houart, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869769 on 2021-11-25]
Description
The shell is lightly built,
lamellate, and reaches 61.4 mm in length at maturity. It has a high
spire, with 6 or more broad, convex
teleoconch whorls
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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, and an impressed
suture.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Chile at a depth of 1000 m.
References
* 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
Houart, R. (2003). Description of three new species of Trophon s.l. Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Chile. Novapex. 4 (4): 101-110.Barco, 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 2003
Endemic fauna of Chile
Enixotrophon
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