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[1]
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]

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