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Exilia hilgendorfi

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Species of gastropod

Exilia hilgendorfi
Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species: E. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Exilia hilgendorfi
(Martens, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
  • † Mitra plicifera Yokoyama, 1920
  • Phenacoptygma kiiense Kuroda, 1931
  • Voluta hilgendorfi Martens, 1897 (original combination)

Exilia hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ptychatractidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar; also off the east coast of Japan, from the Boso peninsula and Hachijo Island southwards (50–480 m depth) to the South China Sea (339–633 m depth) and the Solomon Islands (504–862 m depth).

References

  1. Martens, E. von. 1897. Conchologische Miscellen II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63(1):157–180, pls 15–17.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. ^ Exilia hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Yokoyama M. (1920). Fossils from the Miura Peninsula and its immediate north. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University. 39(6): 1–193, 20 pls.
  • Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). Ruthenica 11(2): 81–136.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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Taxon identifiers
Exilia hilgendorfi


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