Nepotilla powelli

Nepotilla powelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Nepotilla powelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. powelli
Binomial name
Nepotilla powelli
Dell, 1956

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Chatham Islands.

References

  1. Nepotilla powelli Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • 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.
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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