Cantrainea macleani

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Cantrainea macleani
Shell of Cantrainea macleani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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Colloniinae
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C. macleani
Binomial name
Cantrainea macleani
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Cantrainea macleani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The shell grows to a height of 17 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Southeast USA.

References[edit]

  • Warèn, A. & Bouchet, P., 1993. New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22(1): 1-90

External links[edit]

  • "Cantrainea macleani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.