Epitonium candeanum

Author
d'Orbigny, 1842
Common Names
  • Cande's Wentletrap

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
805 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Uruguay
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
  • offshore banks in northern Gulf of Mexico
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Chavez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • Clench, W. J., and R. D. Turner. 1952. The genera Epitonium (part II), Depressiscala, Cylindriscala, Nystiella and Solutiscala in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(31): 289–356.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr., and A. H. Chaney. 1970. A checklist of the mollusks of Seven and One-Half Fathom Reef, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 15: 193–203.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr., J. C. Woods, M. E. Kindinger, and J. L. Kindinger. 1978. Fauna of shelf-edge submarine banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Report to U. S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology, Contract no. 14-08-001-G-381. National Technology Information System Publication PB–201: iii + 66 pp.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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