Tegula corteziana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]
Tegula corteziana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Tegulidae |
Genus: | Tegula |
Species: | T. corteziana
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Binomial name | |
Tegula corteziana McLean, 1970
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Synonyms | |
Tegula (Agathistoma) corteziana McLean, 1970 |
Description
editThe height of this gray-brown shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 12.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2012). Tegula corteziana McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575627 on 2012-09-01
- ^ 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- GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula (Agathistoma) corteziana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.