Biology:Echinogurges tuberculatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Echinogurges tuberculatus
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E. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Echinogurges tuberculatus
Quinn, 1991
Synonyms

Echinogurges rhysus auct. non Watson, 1879

Echinogurges tuberculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and Yucatan; in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, the Bahamas and the Florida Strait.

References

  • Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1991. New species of Gaza, Mirachelus, Calliotropis, and Echinogurges (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 105: 166–172

Wikidata ☰ Q10757914 entry