Epitonium novangliae, common name the New England wentletrap, is a species of small ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.on 2010-11-23 WoRMS (2010). Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838).Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
Distribution This snail is found in shallow water in the North West Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Description The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.
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