Ericusa sowerbyi, common name the spindle-shaped volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Ericusa |
| Species: | E. sowerbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 95 mm and 260 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off East and South Australia and off Tasmania.
References
edit- ^ a b Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2011.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
edit- "Ericusa sowerbyi sowerbyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.