Gaillea canetae

Gaillea canetae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies.^[1]

Gaillea canetae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Eosiphonidae
Genus:	Gaillea
Species:	G. canetae
Binomial name
Gaillea canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum canetae Clench & Aguayo, 1944 (original combination) Eosipho canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) Manaria canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) Metula canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) Plicifusus jamarci Okutani, 1982

Distribution

A rare deepwater species.

Taken alive in fish traps set at 1,700 ft. depth (515 metres)

Offshore West coast BARBADOS, Lesser Antilles.