Epitonium tenellum facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Epitonium tenellum
A shell of Epitonium tenellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Epitonium
Species:	E. tenellum
Binomial name
Epitonium tenellum (Hutton, 1885)
Synonyms
Epitonium (Papyriscala) tenellum (Hutton, 1885) · accepted, alternate representation Epitonium helicornuum (Iredale, 1936) Epitonium novoseelandiae (Clessin, 1897) Epitonium tenellum helicornuum (Iredale, 1936) Limiscala helicornuum Iredale, 1936 Limiscala lineolata (Hutton, 1873) Limiscala tenella (Hutton, 1885) Scalaria lyra Hutton, 1880 Scalaria tenella Hutton, 1885 Scalaria lineolata Hutton, 1873

Epitonium tenellum, common name the small wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

Distribution

This snail is found in shallow water in southeastern Australia and the North Island of New Zealand.

Description

The shell height varies between 10 mm and 20mm

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN: 0-00-216906-1

See also

In Spanish: Epitonium tenellum para niños