Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Eosiphonidae |
| Genus: | Enigmaticolus |
| Species: | E. desbruyeresi
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| Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi (Okutani & Ohta, 1993)
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Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]Easily distinguishable from all other Enigmaticolus species by the complete lack of a subsutural ramp. Also exhibits weak spiral cords on the base.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Found in hydrothermal vents in Manus, North Fiji, and Lau basins in the southwestern Pacific and off Luzon, Philippines. Individuals have been known to live 1456–2750 m deep.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi (Okutani & Ohta, 1993). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2010.
- ^ a b Chong Chen; Ting Xu; Koen Fraussen; Jian-Wen Qiu (2021). "Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 230–240. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa134.