Cymatium aquatile

Author
Reeve, 1844
Common Names
  • Aquatile Harity Triton

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
27 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bahamas to Brazil; circumtropical
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
  • hard substrate
References

  • Beu, A. G., and E. A. Kay. 1988. Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (=Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part IV. The Cymatium pileare complex. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 18(2): 185–223.

  • Kaicher, S. D. 1978b. Card Catalogue of World-wide Shells. Pack #17 - Cymatiidae Part I. S. D. Kaicher, St. Petersburg, Florida. cards [i–ii], 1647–1752.

  • Odé, H. 1982b. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico (a continuing monograph), Part II: Gastropoda. Texas Conchologist 19(1): 10–21.

Endnotes

  • Cymatium aquatile: Sometimes misidentified as C. pileare (Linnaeus, 1758), an Indo-Pacific species; see Beu and Kay (1988). Compare to C. martinianum.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-23-2024.

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