''Reticutriton'' is a
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of
predatory
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sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
* '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
* ' ...
.
Species
The genus ''Reticutriton'' contains the following species:
* † ''
Reticutriton carlottae''
(Ferreira & da Cunha, 1957)
* † ''
Reticutriton elsmerensis
''Reticutriton'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
Species
The genus ''Reticutriton'' contains the following species:
* † '' Reticutriton carlottae'' (Ferreira & da Cunha, 1957)
* † ' ...
''
(English, 1914)
* ''
Reticutriton lineatus''
(Broderip, 1833)
* ''
Reticutriton pfeifferianus
''Reticutriton pfeifferianus'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 46 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropo ...
''
(Reeve, 1844)
References
* Habe T. & Kosuge S. (1966). Shells of the world in colour, Vol. II. The Tropical Pacific. Osaka: Hoikusha. vii + 193 pp, 68 pls
* Beu A.G. 2010
ugust 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.
Cymatiidae
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