Reticutriton pfeifferianus

Reticutriton pfeifferianus
Shell of Reticutriton pfeifferianus (specimen at MNHN. Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Reticutriton
Species:	R. pfeifferianus
Binomial name
Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
† Cymatium (Gutturnium) bayerivan Regteren Altena, 1942 † Cymatium bayerivan Regteren Altena, 1942 † Cymatium pfeifferianum(Reeve, 1844) Eutritonium pfeifferianumReeve Gutturnium gracile(Reeve, 1844) Triton gracilisReeve, 1844 Triton pfeifferianusReeve, 1844

Reticutriton pfeifferianus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae. ^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 46 m. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin.

References

1. Reticutriton pfeifferianus (Reeve, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
2. 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 .

• Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pls 1-20 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London