Nepotilla excavata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Nepotilla excavata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. excavata
Binomial name
Nepotilla excavata
(Gatliff, 1906)
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella excavata Gatliff, 1906

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nepotilla excavata (Gatliff, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Gatliff, J.H. 1906. On some Victorian marine Mollusca, new species, and others little-known. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 19(1): 1-4, pls 1-2
  • May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
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  • Molluscs of Tasmania: Nepotilla excavata
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.