Echinogurges anoxius

Echinogurges anoxius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[2][3]

Echinogurges anoxius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Eucyclidae
Genus: Echinogurges
Species:
E. anoxius
Binomial name
Echinogurges anoxius
(Dall, 1927) [1]
Synonyms

Solariella anoxia Dall, 1927 (original combination)

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia and Eastern Florida at depths between 535 m and 805 m.

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References
  1. Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Echinogurges anoxius (Dall, 1927). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532786 on 2013-04-14
  3. Quinn J.F. Jr (1979). Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 130. The systematics & zoogeography of the gastropod family Trochidae collected in the Straits of Florida & its approaches. Malacologia, 19(1): 1-62.


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