Cataegis

Cataegis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]-Recent
fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Cataegidae
Genus: Cataegis
McLean & Quinn, 1987
Type species
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:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Cataegis .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.


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