"Epigrus" insularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3] The species is thought not to belong to the genus Epigrus, but is of uncertain placement in the family Pyramidellidae.[2]
| Epigrus insularis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Epigridae |
| Genus: | Epigrus |
| Species: | E. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Epigrus insularis | |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands.
References
edit- ^ Oliver W. R. B. (1915). "The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509–568, plates 9–12.
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2012). Pyramidellidae incertae sedis insularis Oliver, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599066 on 2012-08-26
- ^ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. Online http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/
External links
edit- Oliver W. R. (1915). Mollusca of the Kermadec Isl. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 509-568
- Brook, F. J. & Marshall, B. A. (1998). Checklist of benthic coastal marine chitons, bivalves, gastropods and cephalopods of the northern Kermadec Islands. pp 210-233 in Brook, F.J. 1998: The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (2): 185-233