Retimohnia caelata

Retimohnia caelata, common name : the plump whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Retimohniidae.^[1]

Retimohnia caelata
Retimohnia caelata (Verrill & Smith, 1880) – Buccinidae – Mollusc shell
Scientific classification
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

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 27 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (Iceland) and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (from Massachusetts to North Carolina)