Tegula patagonica
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Tegula patagonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| Species: | T. patagonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1838)[1]
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Tegula patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 21 mm. The thick, umbilicate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. It is transversely narrowly granulose-sulcate. It has a uniform brownish or purplish color. The spire is conic. The apex is obtuse. The five whorls are subcarinate with sutures excavated. The aperture is rounded. The columella is bidentate.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile at depths between 0 m and 57 m.
References
[edit]- ^ d'Orbigny, Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 49-72, 129-176, pls. 3-8, 17-23, 25, 55. P. Bertrand: Paris.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533470 on 2012-09-01
- Philippi, R. A. 1843. Trochus. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 1(2-3): 31-34, 65-69, pl. 1-2
- Pilsbry, H. A. 1900. Species of Chlorostoma of Southern and Eastern Patagonia. Nautilus 13: 110-112
- Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls
- Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668): 1-11
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula patagonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.