Biology:Tegula corteziana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Tegula corteziana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. corteziana
Binomial name
Tegula corteziana
McLean, 1970
Synonyms

Tegula (Agathistoma) corteziana McLean, 1970

Tegula corteziana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of this gray-brown shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 12.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Tegula corteziana McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575627 on 2012-09-01
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3736272 entry