Precious wentletrap, Epitonium scalare, is a marine gastropod mollusk of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, native to the Indo-Pacific. Its tall, elegantly ribbed, spiral shell was historically prized enough by European shell collectors to command high prices before its true abundance in the wild became known, and like other wentletraps it is a predatory or ectoparasitic snail that feeds on sea anemones and related cnidarians.
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Source Wikidata: Precious Wentletrap
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Wikipedia: Epitonium scalare
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eritrea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Israel, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mozambique, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Epitonium scalare
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q2007926 (P225 taxon name)
In Biome: Marine, Lead section
Epitonium scalare, common name the precious wentletrap, is a predatory or ectoparasitic species of marine gastropod with an operculum, in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Precious Wentletrap
- Wikidata Q2007926, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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