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Cantrainea yoyottei

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Cantrainea yoyottei
Shell of Cantrainea yoyottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Cantrainea
Species:
C. yoyottei
Binomial name
Cantrainea yoyottei
Vilvens, 2001[1]

Cantrainea yoyottei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 23 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Lesser Antilles off Guadeloupe.

References

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  • Vilvens, C., 2001. Description of a new species of Cantrainea (Gastropoda: Turbinidae: Colloniinae) from Guadeloupe. Novapex 2(4): 153-156