Reticutriton pfeifferianus
Appearance
Reticutriton pfeifferianus | |
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Shell of Reticutriton pfeifferianus (specimen at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Reticutriton |
Species: | R. pfeifferianus
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Binomial name | |
Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Reticutriton pfeifferianus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 46 m.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ^ a b Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
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