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Cantrainea peloritana (Cantraine 1835)

Cantrainea peloritana

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Cantrainea peloritana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 5 mm and 20 mm.

C. peloritana lives in the bathyal zone at depths between 545m and 1300m. In the Mediterranean it lives on white coral and in the Atlantic it lives on sand or gravel.[2]

It feeds by eating detritus and grazing.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Biscayne and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Cantrainea peloritana (Cantraine, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Cantrainea peloritana". www.idscaro.net. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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Cantrainea peloritana: Brief Summary

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Cantrainea peloritana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.

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