Epideira torquata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Epideira torquata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Epideira
Species:
E. torquata
Binomial name
Epideira torquata
Hedley, 1922
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidirona torquata (Hedley, 1922)
  • Pleurotoma philipineri

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Description

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Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania and Victoria.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Epideira torquata Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436027 on 2021-03-27
  • Tryon, G.W. 1884. Conidae & Pleurotomidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 6.
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [191, pl. 40, figs 35a, b]
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004. Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295
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