Cataegis Temporal range: | |
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fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 within the genus Cataegis include:
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Conus cancellatus, common name the cancellate cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Polystira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Zafrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Cataegis meroglypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.
Cantrainea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.
Lamellitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Microgaza is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Lindapterys is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Agathodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae.
Archiminolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae, the top snails.
Vermicularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.
Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Cataegis celebesensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.
Cataegis finkli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.
Kanoia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.