Biology:Reticutriton pfeifferianus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Reticutriton pfeifferianus (specimen at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Reticutriton |
| Species: | R. pfeifferianus
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| Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844)
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Reticutriton pfeifferianus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 46 m.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6778956 entry
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