Epitonium humphreysii

Epitonium humphreysii, common name Humphrey's wentletrap, is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.^[1]

Epitonium humphreysii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Epitonium
Species:	E. humphreysii
Binomial name
Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Scala sayana Dall, 1889 Scalaria humphreysiana G. B. Sowerby, 1873 Scalaria humphreysii Kiener, 1838

Distribution

This wentletrap occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean; it is found from Massachusetts, south throughout Florida and through the Gulf states to Mexico, and also in Brazil.^[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 24 mm.^[3][2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 95 m.^[3]