Cataegis finkli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Cataegis finkli (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Cataegidae |
| Genus: | Cataegis |
| Species: | C. finkli
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| Binomial name | |
| Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
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Description
editOriginal description: "Shell very large for genus, wide, inflated, turbinate in shape; spire narrow in proportion to shell width, elevated; body whorl ornamented with 8 large, well-developed, raised cords; spire whorls ornamented with 3 cords; outer layer of shell rough-textured, light brown in color; inner layer of shell nacreous with nacre showing through thin areas on spire and early whorls; outer lip and aperture flaring; columella thickened, nacreous, partially covered with white shelly layer; interior of aperture nacreous, iridescent; columella with one small tooth."[3]
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 37 mm.
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Off Puerto Cabello, Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."[3]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Colombia; in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512345 on 2013-04-14
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- ^ a b Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 92. Publ: CERF
- McLean, J.H. & Quinn J.F., 1987. Cataegis, new genus of three new species from the continental slope (Trochidae: Cataeginae New subfamily). The Nautilus 101(3): 111-116
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