Interesting Facts
Description
Family Epitoniidae
Sculpture limited to axial ribs (except for a single spiral ridge near the base of the body whorl).
Taxonomy
- 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
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- 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:
Epitonium
()
- P.F. Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
imbrex
- Scientific name: - Epitonium imbrex
- Specific name:
imbrex
- Genus:
Epitonium
(
- Family:
Epitoniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Epitonium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. albidum (Bladed Wentletrap) · E. angulatum (Angulate Wentletrap) · E. apiculatum (Semismooth Wentletrap) · E. babylonia (Tower Wentletrap) · E. babylonium (Tamiraparani Barb) · E. denticulatum (Tooth-Rib Wentletrap) · E. echinaticosta (Wide-Coil Wentletrap) · E. foliaceicosta (Wrinkle-Rib Wentletrap) · E. fractum (Humble Wentletrap) · E. greenlandicum (Greenland Wentletrap) · E. indianorum (Money Wentletrap) · E. lamellosum (Lamellose Wentletrap) · E. multistriatum (Many-Ribbed Wentletrap) · E. novangliae (New England Wentletrap) · E. occidentale (Fine-Ribbed Wentletrap) · E. rupicola (Brown-Band Wentletrap) · E. rushii (Frosted Wentletrap) · E. sericifilum (Silky Wentletrap) · E. striatissimum (Frosted Wentletrap) · E. unifasciatum (One-Band Wentletrap)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1914333
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3992138
