''Epideira torquata'' 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 Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epideira torquata Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436027 on 2021-03-27]
Description
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic to Australia and occurs off
Tasmania and
Victoria.
References
* Tryon, G.W. 1884. Conidae & Pleurotomidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 6.
* Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
* Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
* Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
91, pl. 40, figs 35a, b* Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295
External links
Grove, S. 2011. Turridae - Crassispirinae: Epidirona torquata. A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania website.
torquata
Gastropods described in 1922
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