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]
cantrainea, peloritana, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusk, family, colloniidae, scientific, classification, kingdom, animalia, phylum, mollusca, class, gastropoda, unranked, clade, vetigastropoda, superfamily, phasianelloidea, family, colloniidae, sub. Cantrainea peloritana is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae 1 Cantrainea peloritana Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda unranked clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily Phasianelloidea Family Colloniidae Subfamily Colloniinae Genus Cantrainea Species C peloritana Binomial name Cantrainea peloritana Cantraine 1835 Synonyms 1 Turbo peloritanus Cantraine 1835 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe 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 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2013 Distribution editThis marine species occurs in the Bay of Biscayne and in the Mediterranean Sea References edit a b Cantrainea peloritana Cantraine 1835 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010 a b Cantrainea peloritana www idscaro net Retrieved 9 October 2022 External links edit Cantrainea peloritana Gastropods com Retrieved 15 January 2019 This Colloniidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cantrainea peloritana amp oldid 1114941711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
