Cataegis
| Cataegis Temporal range:
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| fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Genus: | Cataegis McLean & Quinn, 1987
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| Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987 | |
Cataegis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Cataegis include:
- Cataegis celebesensis McLean & Quinn, 1987
- Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
- fossil Cataegis godineauensis Van Winkle, 1919[1]
- Cataegis leucogranulatus (Fu & Sun, 2006)
- Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
References
- ^ a b Kiel S. & Hansen B. T. (2015). "Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region". PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140788. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140788.
- ^ Cataegis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
- ^ Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.