Epitonium is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Epitonium is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
The common name wentletraps is derived fro… Meer weergeven

Wentletraps usually live in sand near sea anemones or corals. Meer weergeven

These snails are predators and feed by inserting their proboscis and biting out small pieces of the anemone's tissues. Some species of wentletrap feed on only one species of sea anemone, in other words the… Meer weergeven

Many species that now are placed in the genus Epitonium have, over the years, been classified in other genera. These have become synonyms of Epitonium :
• Aciona Leach, 1815
• Acutiscala de Boury, 1909… Meer weergeven

Species within the genus Epitonium include:
Note: Some malacologists have recently placed many of the more than 600 named species into other genera, which were prev… Meer weergeven