Cantrainea macleani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Cantrainea macleani
Shell of Cantrainea macleani (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. macleani
Binomial name
Cantrainea macleani
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 17 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Southeast USA.

References

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  • Warèn, A. & Bouchet, P., 1993. New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22(1): 1-90
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  • "Cantrainea macleani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.