Echinogurges tuberculatus

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

Echinogurges tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Eucyclidae
Genus:
Echinogurges
Species:
E. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Echinogurges tuberculatus
Quinn, 1991
Synonyms

Echinogurges rhysus auct. non Watson, 1879

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
  1. Echinogurges tuberculatus Quinn, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1991. New species of Gaza, Mirachelus, Calliotropis, and Echinogurges (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 105: 166–172


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