Cymatium femorale

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Cymatium femorale
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Apertural view of the shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cymatium
Species:
C. femorale
Binomial name
Cymatium femorale
Synonyms [1]
  • Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810
  • Murex femoraleLinnaeus, 1758
  • Septa triangularis Perry, 1811
  • Triton lotorium Lamarck, 1816

Cymatium femorale is a species of predatory sea snail in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 212 mm. [2]

Distribution

Western Atlantic:
Eastern Caribbean Antillean islands, and south to Bahia, Brazil.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 0.6 m. [2] The maximum recorded depth is 150 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 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.