Cantrainea panamensis

Cantrainea panamensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Cantrainea panamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Cantrainea
Species:
C. panamensis
Binomial name
Cantrainea panamensis
(Dall, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Homalopoma panamense (Dall, 1908)

Description

The shell grows to a height of 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to Panama

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cantrainea panamensis (Dall, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512327 on 2013-02-10
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Cantrainea panamensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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