Epidirona quoyi

Epidirona quoyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Epidirona quoyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:
Epidirona
Species:
E. quoyi
Binomial name
Epidirona quoyi
(Desmoulins, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula monile (Kiener, 1840)
  • Drillia quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Epideira quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Hemipleurotoma quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Pleurotoma monile Kiener, L.C. 1840
  • Pleurotoma quoyi Desmoulins, 1842

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia an occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

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References
  1. Epidirona quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Desmoulins, C. 1842. Révision de quelques espèces de Pleurotomes. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 12: 109–185
  • Kiener, L.C. 1839–1840. Genre Pleurotome (Pleurotoma Lam.). 1–84, pls 1–27 in Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 5.
  • Tryon, G.W. 1884. Conidae & Pleurotomidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 6.
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
  • "Epidirona quoyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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