Tegula corteziana

Tegula corteziana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
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

External identifiers for Tegula corteziana
NCBI 80346
WoRMS 575627


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