Retimohnia glypta

Retimohnia glypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Retimohnia
Species: R. glypta
Binomial name
Retimohnia glypta
(A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Mohnia glypta (Verrill, 1882)
  • Sipho glyptus Verrill, 1882
  • Sipho lindahli Posselt & Jensen, 1898

Retimohnia glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 27 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters (Iceland, Greenland, Faroes) and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (New Jersey)

References


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