Manaria canetae

Manaria canetae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Manaria
Species: M. canetae
Binomial name
Manaria canetae
(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
Synonyms[1]

Eosipho canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)

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

Distribution

A rare deepwater species.
Taken alive in fish traps set at 1,700 ft. depth (515 metres)
Offshore West coast BARBADOS, Lesser Antilles.

References


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