Epidendrium billeeanum

Epidendrium billeeanum
Two live individuals of Epidendrium billeeanum and a mass of egg capsules, in situ on their food source, a cup coral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Epidendrium
Species:
E. billeeanum
Binomial name
Epidendrium billeeanum
(DuShane & Bratcher, 1965à
Synonyms
  • Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
  • Epitonium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
  • Scalina billeeana DuShane & Bratcher, 1965

Epidendrium billeeanum, commonly known as the yellow sea snail or the golden wentletrap, is a species of small predator and ectoparasite sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

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