Tegula verrucosa

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Tegula verrucosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Description[edit]

The size of the shells varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from El Salvador to Peru

References[edit]

  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 Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links[edit]

  • 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.