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

Exilia hilgendorfi
Shell of Exilia hilgendorfi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species:
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

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The length of the shell attains 90.5 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  • 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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