Cantrainea peloritana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[1]
| Cantrainea peloritana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Genus: | Cantrainea |
| Species: | C. peloritana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cantrainea peloritana (Cantraine, 1835)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbo peloritanus Cantraine, 1835 | |
Description
editThe height of the shell varies between 5 mm and 20 mm.
Cantrainea peloritana lives in the bathyal zone at depths between 545m and 1300m. In the Mediterranean it lives on white coral and in the Atlantic it lives on sand or gravel.[2]
It feeds by eating detritus and grazing.[2]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Bay of Biscayne and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Cantrainea peloritana (Cantraine, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Cantrainea peloritana". www.idscaro.net. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
External links
edit- "Cantrainea peloritana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.