Echinogurges tubulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Echinogurges |
| Species: | E. tubulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinogurges tubulatus | |
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Solariella tubulata Dall, 1927 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 3.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia and Florida at depths between 538 m and 805 m.
References
edit- ^ Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Echinogurges tubulatus (Dall, 1927). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532787 on 2013-04-14
- ^ Quinn J.F. Jr (1979). Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 130. The systematics & zoogeography of the gastropod family Trochidae collected in the Straits of Florida & its approaches. Malacologia, 19(1): 1-62.
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