Tenagodus squamatus
| Tenagodus squamatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Siliquariidae |
| Genus: | Tenagodus |
| Species: | T. squamatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenagodus squamatus (Blainville, 1827)
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Tenagodus squamatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]From North Carolina to Brazil.[2]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 170 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 732 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tenagodus squamatus (Blainville, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Schiaparelli, Stefano (1 January 2002). "Taxonomy of the family Siliquariidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea: Description of a new genus and a new species". Italian Journal of Zoology. 69 (3): 245–256. doi:10.1080/11250000209356467. ISSN 1125-0003.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.