''Epidirella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Turridae
Turridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family name for a number of predatory sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). ...
, the turrids.
[Bouchet, P.; Tucker, J. (2011). Epidirella Iredale, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578171 on 2012-02-21]
Species
Species within the genus ''Epidirella'' include:
* ''
Epidirella xanthophaes''
(R.B. Watson, 1886)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Epidirella tasmanica''
(May, 1911): synonym of ''Epidirella xanthophaes''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
References
*
* Laseron C.F. (1954). Revision of the New South Wales Turridae. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 56 pp., 12 pls.
External links
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18: 201-235To World Register of Marine Species*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308.
*
Monotypic gastropod genera
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