Cataegis meroglypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. meroglypta
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| Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 19 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
References
edit- ^ Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
edit- "Cataegis meroglypta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.