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Reticutriton pfeifferianus

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Reticutriton pfeifferianus
Shell of Reticutriton pfeifferianus (specimen at MNHN. Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Reticutriton
Species:
R. pfeifferianus
Binomial name
Reticutriton pfeifferianus
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Gutturnium) bayeri van Regteren Altena, 1942
  • Cymatium bayeri van Regteren Altena, 1942
  • Cymatium pfeifferianum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Eutritonium pfeifferianum Reeve
  • Gutturnium gracile (Reeve, 1844)
  • Triton gracilis Reeve, 1844
  • Triton pfeifferianus Reeve, 1844

Reticutriton pfeifferianus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm.[2]

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 46 m.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  1. ^ a b Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
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