Tectus tentorium
| Tectus tentorium | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Tectus tentorium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tectus |
| Species: | T. tentorium |
| Binomial name | |
| Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tectus tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]
Description
It differs from Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 in being obviously longitudinally plicate, especially on the lower part of each whorl.[4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
References
- ↑ Gmelin, J. F. [1791]. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. - pp. 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
- 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580119 on 2012-09-01
- ↑ Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
| External identifiers for Tectus tentorium | |
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| NCBI | 530556 |
| WoRMS | 580119 |
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