Cataegis finkli

Cataegis finkli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cataegidae.^[1][2]

Cataegis finkli
Shell of Cataegis finkli (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Cataegidae
Genus:	Cataegis
Species:	C. finkli
Binomial name
Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987 Homalopoma finkli Petuch, 1987 Conus tristensis Petuch, E.J., 1987

Description

Original description: "Shell very large for genus, wide, inflated, turbinate in shape; spire narrow in proportion to shell width, elevated; body whorl ornamented with 8 large, well-developed, raised cords; spire whorls ornamented with 3 cords; outer layer of shell rough-textured, light brown in color; inner layer of shell nacreous with nacre showing through thin areas on spire and early whorls; outer lip and aperture flaring; columella thickened, nacreous, partially covered with white shelly layer; interior of aperture nacreous, iridescent; columella with one small tooth."^[3]

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Puerto Cabello, Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."^[3]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Colombia; in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.