Entemnotrochus rumphii

Entemnotrochus rumphii
A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Entemnotrochus
Species:
E. rumphii
Binomial name
Entemnotrochus rumphii
(Schepman, 1879) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977
  • Pleurotomaria rumphii Schepman, 1879 (basionym)
  • Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) rumphii

Entemnotrochus rumphii, common name the Rumphius' slit shell, is a species of large sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[2]

  1. ^ Schepman, Tijdschrift der Ned. Dierk. Vereen, iv, p. 163, 1879.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467983 on 2011-04-03