Retimohnia glypta
| Retimohnia glypta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Retimohnia |
| Species: | R. glypta |
| Binomial name | |
| Retimohnia glypta (A. E. Verrill, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Retimohnia glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 27 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in European waters (Iceland, Greenland, Faroes) and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (New Jersey)
References
- ↑ Retimohnia glypta (A. E. Verrill, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2010.
- 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
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296
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