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

Exilia cortezi
Shell of Exilia cortezi (lectotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species:
E. cortezi
Binomial name
Exilia cortezi
(Dall, 1908)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Daphnella (Surculina) cortezi Dall, 1908
  • Leucosyrinx galapagana Dall, 1919

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species was found off San Diego, Point Loma, California, United States, North Pacific Ocean.

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