Epitonium jukesianum

Epitonium jukesianum is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.^[1]

Epitonium jukesianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Epitonium
Species:	E. jukesianum
Binomial name
Epitonium jukesianum (Fosbes, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
Acutiscala ampacta Iredale, 1936 Acutiscala fabia Iredale, 1936 Clathrus fabia (Iredale, 1936) Clathrus wellingtonensis Kirk, 1880 Epitonium ampactum (Iredale, 1936) Epitonium delicatulum Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 Epitonium fabia (Iredale, 1936) Epitonium wellingtonensis (Kirk, 1880) Scalaria delicatula Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 Scalaria jukesiana Forbes, 1852

This snail is known to occur in intertidally and in shallow water in southeastern Australia and North Island, New Zealand. It is also found along the coasts of Tasmania.^[2]

It parasitises on sea anemones and can reattach itself if it gets knocked off its host. It is known to occur in high turbidity environments, but is more common in areas with moderate to low turbidity.^[3]