Cantrainea jamsteci

Cantrainea jamsteci is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Cantrainea jamsteci
Shell of Cantrainea jamsteci (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Cantrainea
Species:
C. jamsteci
Binomial name
Cantrainea jamsteci
(Okutani & Fujikura, 1990)
Synonyms[1]
  • Thermocollonia jamsteci Okutani & Fujikura, 1990

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cantrainea jamsteci (Okutani & Fujikura, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512323 on 2013-02-10
  2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  • Okutani T. & Fujikura K., 1990. A New Turbinid Gastropod Collected from the Warm Seep Site in the Minami-Ensei Knoll, West of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan. Venus 49(2): 83-91


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