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(Say, 1822)

Eupleura caudata

Thick-lipped Drill

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Muricidae

ANSP 338299

Shell Information

Length (mm): 20

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Massachusetts to Florida

Depth (m):

0 to 46 meters

Diet:

Carnivore; They feed on oysters and other small mollusks

Habitat:

Shallow water

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Eupleura caudata (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160314 on 2021-06-10
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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