Epitonium tenellum facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsEpitonium 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.

The shell height varies between 10 mm and 20mm

Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979