Alexania moerchi

Alexania moerchi
Shell of Alexania moerchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Alexania
Species:
A. moerchi
Binomial name
Alexania moerchi
(A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Amauropsis moerchi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (original combination)
  • Habea inazawai Kuroda, 1943
  • Problitora moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)

Alexania moerchi is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, with an elevated spire and is imperforate. It is covered with an olive-colored epidermis. The apex is very sharp. The shell contains 7 slightly convex whorls, obtusely angled at the sutures. The aperture is ovate. The inner lip is covered with a thin white callus. The columella is slightly reflexed at the front. The outer lip is scarcely angled at the back and has a sharp edge.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) and Japan.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). 8 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b Adams, A.; Angas, G. F. (1864). "Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1863: 418–428. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

Further reading

  • Kuroda, T. (1943). "On a new gastropod genus Habea". Venus. 11–14.


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