Epideira quoyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Epideira quoyi
Shell of Epideira quoyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Epideira
Species:
E. quoyi
Binomial name
Epideira quoyi
(Desmoulins, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula monile (Kiener, 1840)
  • Drillia quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Epidirona quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Hemipleurotoma quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842)
  • Pleurotoma monile Kiener, L.C. 1840
  • Pleurotoma quoyi Desmoulins, 1842

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epideira quoyi (Desmoulins, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056357 on 2021-03-27

Further reading

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  • Desmoulins, C. 1842. Révision de quelques espèces de Pleurotomes. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 12: 109–185
  • Tryon, G.W. 1884. Conidae & Pleurotomidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 6.
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 12(2): 170–205
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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