Cataegis meroglypta

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| name = Cataegis meroglypta

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Vetigastropoda

| superfamilia = Seguenzioidea

| familia = Cataegidae

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| genus = Cataegis

| species = C. meroglypta

| binomial = Cataegis meroglypta

| binomial_authority = McLean & Quinn, 1987

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Cataegis meroglypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.{{WRMS species|419386|Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987||18 April 2010}}

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

References

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  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas