Cataegis Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Cataegis include:

• Cataegis celebesensis McLean & Quinn, 1987
• Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
• † Cataegis godineauensis Van Winkle, 1919^[1]
• Cataegis leucogranulatus (Fu & Sun, 2006)
• † Cataegis nakagawensis Kaim, R. G. Jenkins & Hikida, 2009
• Cataegis pleres Vilvens, 2016
• Cataegis stroggile Vilvens, 2016
• Cataegis tallorbioides Vilvens, 2016

Species brought into synonymy:

• Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Kanoia meroglypta (McLean & Quinn, 1987) (original combination)
• Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)

See also

• Terrestrial molluscs
• Land snail
• Land slug
• Sea snail
• Sea slug

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Kiel S. & Hansen B. T. (2015). "Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region". PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140788. .