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Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Exilia (Genus)
> hilgendorfi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthovoluta Kuroda & Habe, 1950
=Chathamidia Dell, 1956
=Daphnella (Surculina) Dall, 1908
=Fasciolaria (Mesorhytis) Meek, 1876
=Graphidula Stephenson, 1941
=Mesorhytis Meek, 1876
=Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873
=Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927
=Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918
=Surculina Dall, 1908
=Zexilia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
=Mitra plicifera Yokoyama, 1920
=Phenacoptygma kiiense Kuroda, 1931
=Voluta hilgendorfi Martens, 1897
Images: Exilia hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
600-800 metres, Toliara, Madagascar. ~60mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Exilia (Genus)
> hilgendorfi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthovoluta Kuroda & Habe, 1950
=Chathamidia Dell, 1956
=Daphnella (Surculina) Dall, 1908
=Fasciolaria (Mesorhytis) Meek, 1876
=Graphidula Stephenson, 1941
=Mesorhytis Meek, 1876
=Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873
=Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927
=Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918
=Surculina Dall, 1908
=Zexilia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
=Mitra plicifera Yokoyama, 1920
=Phenacoptygma kiiense Kuroda, 1931
=Voluta hilgendorfi Martens, 1897
Details: Exilia hilgendorfi (Martens, 1897)
Size/Grows to:
Height 63mm
Distribution:
Tasman Basin, 556-2092 metres. Also Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Kantor, Y.I., Bouchet, P., Oleinik, A. 2001 A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae), Ruthenica, 11 (p.104)
  • Harasewych, M.G. 1987 A revision of the genus Benthovoluta with notes on the evolution of the subfamily Ptychatractinae (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae), The Nautilus, 101(4) (p.168)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1973 The taxonomy of Benthovoluta hilgendorfi (von Martens) and allied Turbinellid genera (Mollusca: Volutacea), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 10 (p.123)

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