Exilia hilgendorfi

Exilia hilgendorfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]

Exilia hilgendorfi
Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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E. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Exilia hilgendorfi
(Martens, 1897)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
  • Mitra plicifera Yokoyama, 1920
  • Phenacoptygma kiiense Kuroda, 1931
  • Voluta hilgendorfi Martens, 1897 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar; also off the east coast of Japan, from the Boso peninsula and Hachijo Island southwards (50–480 m depth) to the South China Sea (339–633 m depth) and the Solomon Islands (504–862 m depth). [2]

References

  • Yokoyama M. (1920). Fossils from the Miura Peninsula and its immediate north. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University. 39(6): 1-193, 20 pls.
  • Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). Ruthenica 11(2): 81-136.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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