Epitonium bucknilli
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| Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924 |
Epitonium bucknilli is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
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[edit] Distribution
This wentletrap is endemic to north east New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This species is found in sandy, shallow water in open coast situations.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is small and narrow, with a very slender spire, and sculptured with numerous sharp lamellose axial ribs, about 18 to 20 per whorl, the interstices delicately spirally striated.
The shell coloration is a shining white.
Shell height is up to 16.5 mm, and width is up to 7 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
