Cataegis
Cataegis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.[2]
Cataegis | |
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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 |
Type species | |
Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987 |
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)
See also
- Terrestrial molluscs
- Land snail
- Land slug
- Sea snail
- Sea slug
References
- 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.
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