Cantrainea sunderlandi

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

Cantrainea sunderlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Cantrainea
Species:
C. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Cantrainea sunderlandi
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bolma sunderlandi Petuch, 1987

Description

The shell grows to a height of 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cantrainea sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581286 on 2013-02-10
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2009). An updated list of the recent Bolma species (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) with description of two new species from French Polynesia and New Caledonia. Novapex 10(1): 17-24


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