Nepotilla marmorata

Nepotilla marmorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Nepotilla marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Nepotilla
Species:
N. marmorata
Binomial name
Nepotilla marmorata
(Verco, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella marmorata Verco, 1909
  • Nepotilla minuta marmorata (var.) (Verco, 1909)

Daphnella marmorata (Verco, 1909) is a junior homonym of Daphnella marmorata Hinds,1844 [2]

Description

Joseph Verco (1909) and J.K. Tucker (2004) considered this species as a variety of Nepotilla minuta. Verco described it as beautifully marbled with flames of white and deep blackish-brown. [3]

Charles Hedley (1922) considered it as a variety of Nepotilla mimica [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania

References
  1. Nepotilla marmorata (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Hinds R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. v + 72 pp., 21 pls
  3. Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
  4. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.



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