Cataegis

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Cataegis
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]-Recent
Cataegis godineauensis.png
fossil from the late Miocene
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Cataegidae
Genus: Cataegis
McLean & Quinn, 1987
Type species
Cataegis toreuta
McLean & Quinn, 1987

Cataegis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.[2]

Species[]

Species within the genus Cataegis include:

Species brought into synonymy

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Cataegis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  3. ^ Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • McLean J.H. & Quinn J.F. (1987). Cataegis, new genus of three new species from the continental slope (Trochidae: Cataeginae New subfamily). The Nautilus. 101(3): 111-116.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.


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