Ericusa sowerbyi

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Ericusa sowerbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Ericusa
Species:
E. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Ericusa sowerbyi
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi perspecta Iredale, 1929
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi porcellana Jackson, 1954
  • Voluta fusiformis Swainson, 1822

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]

Description[edit]

The size of the shell varies between 95 mm and 260 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off East and South Australia and off Tasmania.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.