Epidendrium billeeanum

Epidendrium billeeanum
	Two live individuals of Epidendrium billeeanum and a mass of egg capsules, in situ on their food source, a cup coral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Epidendrium
Species:	E. billeeanum
Binomial name
	Epidendrium billeeanum; (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965à
Synonyms
	Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965); Epitonium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965); Scalina billeeana DuShane & Bratcher, 1965;

Epidendrium billeeanum, commonly known as the Yellow sea snail or the Golden wentletrap, is a species of small predator and ectoparasite sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and the occidental Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea, Hawaii and the Galapagos.^[2]

Description

The Golden wentletrap has a bright yellow helicoidal shell which grows up to 1 cm in length. It's often found on corals from genus Tubastraea on which it feeds.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2010). Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523762 on 2010-11-23
^ http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1330
^ http://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1330

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2010). Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523762 on 2010-11-23

[2] ttp://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1330

[3] ttp://doris.ffessm.fr/fiche2.asp?fiche_numero=1330

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