Onustus caribaeus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
Family: | Xenophoridae |
Genus: | Onustus |
Species: | O. caribaeus |
Binomial name | |
Onustus caribaeus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1857) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Xenophora caribaea Petit de la Saussaye, 1857 |
Onustus caribaeus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
The shells can reach a maximum height of 45mm, in average 37mm. The diameter of the base reaches a maximum length of 88mm, in average 60mm. The colour of the dorsum is yellowish-white.[2]
Onustus caribaeus is distributed in the North-eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and along the Atlantic coast of Brazil between 35m and 640m (mostly deeper than 100m).[2]