Cataegis

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Oligocene|Recent|Early Oligocene-Recent}}

| image = Cataegis godineauensis.png

| image_caption = fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Cataegis

| authority = McLean & Quinn, 1987

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| synonyms =

| type_species = Cataegis toreuta

| type_species_authority = McLean & Quinn, 1987

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Cataegis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.{{WRMS species|415170|Cataegis ||5 September 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Cataegis include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987:{{WRMS species|419386|Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987||18 April 2010}} synonym of Kanoia meroglypta (McLean & Quinn, 1987) (original combination)
  • Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)

See also

References

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  • McLean J.H. & Quinn J.F. (1987). Cataegis, new genus of three new species from the continental slope (Trochidae: Cataeginae New subfamily). The Nautilus. 101(3): 111-116.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.

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Category:Cataegidae

Category:Gastropod genera

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