Exilioidea atlantica

Exilioidea atlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]

Exilioidea atlantica
Shell of Exilioidea atlantica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Pseudolivoidea
Family:
Ptychatractidae
Genus:
Exilioidea
Species:
E. atlantica
Binomial name
Exilioidea atlantica
Bouchet & Warén, 1988[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico

References
  1. Bouchet Ph., Warén A. 1988. Transfer of Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931 to Turbinellidae, with descriptions of three new species (Neogastropoda). Venus, 47(3): 172–184. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Exilioidea atlantica Bouchet & Warén, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1988). Transfer of Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931 to Turbinellidae, with descriptions of three new species (Neogastropoda). Venus. 47(3): 172-184.


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