Epitonium humphreysii

Epitonium humphreysii, common name Humphrey's wentletrap, is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Epitonium humphreysii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Epitonium
Species:	E. humphreysii
Binomial name
Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Scala sayana Dall, 1889 Scalaria humphreysiana G. B. Sowerby, 1873 Scalaria humphreysii Kiener, 1838

Distribution

This wentletrap occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean; it is found from Massachusetts, south throughout Florida and through the Gulf states to east Mexico, and also in Brazil.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 24 mm.[3][2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 95 m.[3]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160293 on 2010-11-22
2. "Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 29 January 2011.
3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Further reading

• Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.