Epitonium humphreysii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Epitoniidae |
Genus: | Epitonium |
Species: | E. humphreysii
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Binomial name | |
Epitonium humphreysii (
Kiener, 1838)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Epitonium humphreysii, common name Humphrey's wentletrap, is a species of small predatory or ecto parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. [1]
This wentletrap occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean; it is found from Massachusetts, south throughout Florida and through the Gulf states to Mexico, and also in Brazil. [2]
The maximum recorded shell length is 24 mm. [3] [2]
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 95 m. [3]