Nepotilla excavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Nepotilla
Species:	N. excavata
Binomial name
Nepotilla excavata (Gatliff, 1906)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella excavataGatliff, 1906

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 2 mm and is pale brownish-yellow.

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Distribution

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

References

• Gatliff, J.H. 1906. On some Victorian marine Mollusca, new species, and others little-known. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 19(1): 1-4, pls 1-2
• May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.

External links

• Molluscs of Tasmania: Nepotilla excavata
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.

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