Epitonium jukesianum
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| Order: | Heterogastropoda
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| Species: | E. jukesianum
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| Epitonium jukesianum (Fosbes, 1852)
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Scalaria jukesiana Forbes, 1852 | |
Epitonium jukesianum is a species of very small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Distribution
This species is endemic to south east Australia and the North Island of New Zealand.
Habitat
This wentletrap is found in sandy, shallow water on the open coast.
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 smooth.
The shell coloration is a shining white.
The shell height is up to 13 mm, and the width up to 4 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1