Gaillea canetae

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Gaillea canetae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Eosiphonidae
Genus: Gaillea
Species:
G. canetae
Binomial name
Gaillea canetae
(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum canetaeClench & Aguayo, 1944 (original combination)
  • Eosipho canetae(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
  • Manaria canetae(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
  • Metula canetae(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
  • Plicifusus jamarciOkutani, 1982

Gaillea canetae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies. [1]

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Distribution

A rare deepwater species.

Taken alive in fish traps set at 1,700 ft. depth (515 metres)

Offshore West coast BARBADOS, Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gaillea canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744009 on 2021-06-20

CategoryEosiphonidae