Epitonium minora
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| Epitonium minora (Iredale, 1936) |
Epitonium minora 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 species is endemic to southeastern Australia and the east coast of Northland in New Zealand
[edit] Habitat
This wentletrap is found in sandy, shallow water on the open coast.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is rather small, fairly thin, white and shining, with distant, strong, but thin, lamellose varices, about 10 per whorl, the interstices smooth.
The shell coloration is a shining white.
The shell height is up to 15 mm, and the width up to 5.5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
