Tectus elatus

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

Tectus elatus
View of a shell of Tectus elatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tectus
Species:
T. elatus
Binomial name
Tectus elatus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms

Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. It generally weighs 20-50 grams, and in some rare cases nearly 100 grams.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Tectus elatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567233 on 2012-09-01
  2. Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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