Cantrainea macleani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]
Cantrainea macleani | |
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Shell of Cantrainea macleani (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Colloniidae |
Genus: | Cantrainea |
Species: | C. macleani
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Binomial name | |
Cantrainea macleani Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 17 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Southeast USA.
References
edit- ^ Cantrainea macleani Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Warèn, A. & Bouchet, P., 1993. New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22(1): 1-90
External links
edit- "Cantrainea macleani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.