Tegula verrucosa

Tegula verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
Species: T. verrucosa
Binomial name
Tegula verrucosa
McLean, 1970
Synonyms

Tegula (Agathistoma) verrucosa McLean, 1970

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

Description

The size of the shells varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from El Salvador to Peru

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575640 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 verrucosa
NCBI 80361
WoRMS 575640


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