Ericusa sowerbyi

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Ericusa sowerbyi
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E. sowerbyi
Binomial name
Ericusa sowerbyi
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi perspecta Iredale, 1929
  • Mesericusa sowerbyi porcellana Jackson, 1954
  • Voluta fusiformis Swainson, 1822

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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. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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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