Gemophos tinctus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Gemophos tinctus
| authority = (Conrad, 1846)
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- Cantharus tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
- Pisania tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
- Pollia tincta Conrad, 1846 (original combination)
- Tritonidea bermudensis Dall, W.H., 1901
- Tritonidea tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
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Gemophos tinctus, the tinted cantharus, painted cantharus, or gaudy lesser whelk,{{r|gastropods}} is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae.{{WRMS species|419969|Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846)||17 April 2010}}
Description
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 32 mm.feeds on smal algae
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA. and also in the northeast of Brazil in salt sea water
References
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- Redfern, C. (2001) Bahamian Seashells a Thousand Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamian Seashells, Boca Raton, Florida, ix + 280 pp., 124 pls.
- [http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf 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]
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