Cataegis

Cataegis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cataegidae.^[2]

Cataegis Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]-Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Cataegidae
Genus:	Cataegis McLean & Quinn, 1987
Type species
Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987

Species

Species within the genus Cataegis include:

• Cataegis celebesensis McLean & Quinn, 1987
• Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
• † Cataegis godineauensis Van Winkle, 1919^[1]
• Cataegis leucogranulatus (Fu & Sun, 2006)
• † Cataegis nakagawensis Kaim, R. G. Jenkins & Hikida, 2009
• Cataegis pleres Vilvens, 2016
• Cataegis stroggile Vilvens, 2016
• Cataegis tallorbioides Vilvens, 2016

Species brought into synonymy

• Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987:^[3] synonym of Kanoia meroglypta (McLean & Quinn, 1987) (original combination)
• Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987: synonym of Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)

See also

• Terrestrial molluscs
• Land snail
• Land slug
• Sea snail
• Sea slug