''Cantrainea'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Colloniidae
Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient linea ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cantrainea'' include:
* ''
Cantrainea alfi''
S.-I Huang, I-F. Fu & Poppe, 2016
* ''
Cantrainea boswellae''
(Barnard, 1969)
* ''
Cantrainea gibbula''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Cantrainea globuloides''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Cantrainea indica''
(E. A. Smith, 1894)
* ''
Cantrainea inexpectata''
(Marshall, 1979)
* '' Cantrainea jamsteci'' (Okutani & Fujikura, 1990)
* '' Cantrainea macleani'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* '' Cantrainea nuda'' Okutani, 2001
* '' Cantrainea panamensis'' (Dall, 1908)
* '' Cantrainea peloritana'' (Cantraine, 1835)
* '' Cantrainea philipiana'' (Dall, 1889)
* '' Cantrainea sunderlandi'' (Petuch, 1987)
* '' Cantrainea tosaensis'' (Habe, 1953)
* '' Cantrainea yoyottei'' Vilvens, 2001
References
* Okutani, T. & Fujikura, K. (1990). A new turbinid gastropod collected from the warm seep site in the Minami-Ensei Knoll, west of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan. Venus 49(2): 83–91.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90
External links
Jeffreys J.G. 1883. ''On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part VI).'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 88-149, pl. 19, 20*
ttps://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1979.10428396 Marshall, B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6: 521-552
Colloniidae
Taxa named by John Gwyn Jeffreys
Gastropod genera
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