Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Reticulate Wentletrap
Description
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Family Epitoniidae
Sculpture limited to axial ribs (except for a single spiral ridge near the base of the body whorl).
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,081 meters (0 to -13,389 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
()
- J.E. Gray, 1853
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
()
- S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812)
- Family:
Epitoniidae
()
- S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812)
- Wentletraps
- Genus:
Amaea
()
- H. and A. Adams, 1853
- Specific name:
retifera
- (Dall, 1889)
- Scientific name: - Amaea retifera (Dall, 1889)
- Specific name:
retifera
- (Dall, 1889)
- Genus:
Amaea
(
- Family:
Epitoniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Amaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. retifera (Reticulate Wentletrap)
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Further Reading
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- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url p. 163.
- An up-to-date systematic list of 3200 seashells from Greenland to Texas: translation, explanation, and gender of their names. [Brooklyn?]1954. url .
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url .
- Shells and sea life. Phoenix, AZ: Miranda Enterprises, url p. 202.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 64.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- NLBIF: Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NMR)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684497
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72340
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72340
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507388
Footnotes
- Mean = -640.870 meters (-2,102.592 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,412.680 based on 15 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
