Tegula puntagordana

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

Tegula puntagordana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. puntagordana
Binomial name
Tegula puntagordana
Weisbord, 1962
Synonyms
  • Tegula phalera Weisbord, 1962
  • Tegula trilirata Weisbord, 1962
  • Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana Weisbord, 1962

Description

The size of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Venezuela at depths between 0 m and 16 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533471 on 2012-09-01
  • Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193): 672 pp., 48 pls.


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