Gemophos tinctus

Gemophos tinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Gemophos
Species:	G. tinctus
Binomial name
Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms
Cantharus tinctus (Conrad, 1846) Pisania tinctus (Conrad, 1846) Pollia tincta Conrad, 1846 (original combination) Tritonidea bermudensis Dall, W.H., 1901 Tritonidea tinctus (Conrad, 1846)

Gemophos tinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA.

References

• Redfern, C. (2001) Bahamian Seashells a Thousand Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamian Seashells, Boca Raton, Florida, ix + 280 pp., 124 pls.

External links

• "Gemophos tinctus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• 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