Exilia hilgendorfi
| Exilia hilgendorfi | |
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| Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Ptychatractidae |
| Genus: | Exilia |
| Species: | E. hilgendorfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Exilia hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)[1]
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Exilia hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]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).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
External links
[edit]- Martens E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17
- Kantor Y.I., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2020). The challenge of integrative taxonomy of rare, deep-water gastropods: the genus Exilia (Neogastropoda: Turbinelloidea: Ptychatractidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86: 120-138