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Epideira quoyi

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Species of gastropod

Epideira quoyi
Shell of Epideira quoyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Epideira
Species: E. quoyi
Binomial name
Epideira quoyi
(Desmoulins, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Clavatula monile (Kiener, 1840)
  • Drillia quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Epidirona quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Hemipleurotoma quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Pleurotoma monile Kiener, L.C. 1840
  • Pleurotoma quoyi Desmoulins, 1842

Epideira quoyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epideira quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056357 on 2021-03-27

Further reading

  • Desmoulins, C. 1842. Révision de quelques espèces de Pleurotomes. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 12: 109–185
  • Tryon, G.W. 1884. Conidae & Pleurotomidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 6.
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Epideira quoyi
Epidirona quoyi


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