Retimohnia caelata

Retimohnia caelata
	Retimohnia caelata (Verrill & Smith, 1880) – Buccinidae – Mollusc shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Retimohniidae
Genus:	Retimohnia
Species:	R. caelata
Binomial name
	Retimohnia caelata; (A. E. Verrill & S. I. Smith, 1880)
Synonyms
	Colus caelatus (A. E. Verrill, 1880); Colus obesus (A. E. Verrill, 1884); Mohnia caelata (Verrill & S. I. Smith, 1880); Neptunea (Sipho) caelata Verrill, 1880; Neptunea obesus Verrill, A.E., 1884; Sipho caelatulus Verrill, 1884; Sipho caelatus (Verrill & Smith, 1880); Sipho caelatus var. hebes Verrill, 1884; Sipho hebes Verrill, 1884; Sipho obesus Verrill, 1884;

Retimohnia caelata, common name : the plump whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Retimohniidae.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 27 mm

This species occurs in European waters (Iceland) and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (from Massachusetts to North Carolina)

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp