Cantrainea inexpectata

Cantrainea inexpectata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Cantrainea
Species: C. inexpectata
Binomial name
Cantrainea inexpectata
B.A. Marshall, 1979

Cantrainea inexpectata is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cantrainea inexpectata B.A. Marshall, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512325 on 2013-02-10
  2. Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552

External links

External identifiers for Cantrainea inexpectata
Encyclopedia of Life 15757828
WoRMS 512325


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