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Ericusa sowerbyi

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Ericusa sowerbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Cymbiinae
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

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

Distribution

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

References

  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.


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