Retimohnia caelata

Retimohnia caelata
Retimohnia caelata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Retimohnia
Species: R. caelata
Binomial name
Retimohnia caelata
(Verrill, A.E. & S.I. Smith, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colus obesus (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  • Mohnia caelata (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
  • Neptunea caelata Verrill, 1880
  • Neptunea obesus Verrill, A.E., 1884
  • Sipho caelatulus Verrill, 1884
  • Sipho hebes Verrill, 1884
  • Sipho obesus Verrill, 1884

Retimohnia caelata, common name : the plump whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 27 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters (Iceland) and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (Massachusetts to North Carolina)

References

  1. ^ a b Retimohnia caelata A. E. Verrill, 1880.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467486 on 17 April 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
  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp

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