Tegula patagonica

Tegula patagonica
Drawing with two views of a shell of Tegula patagonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
Species: T. patagonica
Binomial name
Tegula patagonica
(d'Orbigny, 1838) [1]
Synonyms
  • Clanculus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Chlorostoma corrugata Koch, 1843
  • Chlorostoma hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma orbignyanum Pilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Minolia amblia Dall, 1927
  • Monodonta patagonica d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius patagonica d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius princeps Ihering, 1907
  • Trochus corrugatus Koch, 1843
  • Trochus fuscescens Philippi, 1845
  • Trochus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835 (original description)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 21 mm. The thick, umbilicate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. It is transversely narrowly granulose-sulcate. It has a uniform brownish or purplish color. The spire is conic. The apex is obtuse. The five whorls are subcarinate with sutures excavated. The aperture is rounded. The columella is bidentate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile at depths between 0 m and 57 m.

References

  1. d'Orbigny, Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 49-72, 129-176, pls. 3-8, 17-23, 25, 55. P. Bertrand: Paris.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533470 on 2012-09-01

External links

External identifiers for Tegula patagonica
Encyclopedia of Life 619539
ITIS 69965
NCBI 1132000
WoRMS 533470
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