Tegula verrucosa

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

Tegula verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. verrucosa
Binomial name
Tegula verrucosa
McLean, 1970
Synonyms

Tegula (Agathistoma) verrucosa McLean, 1970

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 PerĂº, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tegula (Agathistoma) verrucosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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