Tegula euryomphala

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Tegula euryomphala
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Drawing of a shell of Tegula euryomphala
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. euryomphala
Binomial name
Tegula euryomphala
(Jonas, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chlorostoma euryomphalus(Jonas, 1844)
  • Trochus euryomphalusJonas, 1844 (original combination)
  • Trochus kieneriHupe, in Gay
  • Turbo Iuctuosus var.Kiener

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 40 mm. The solid, umbilicate shell has a conical shape. It is black or purplish. The elevated spire is conical. The about six whorls are somewhat convex, and nearly smooth. The body whorl is more or less angulate at the periphery, sometimes obtusely bicarinate. The oblique aperture is rather small. The columella is arcuate, spreading above in a white callus. The umbilicus is white within, somewhat funnel-shaped, bearing a spiral rib which terminates in a denticle in the middle of the columella. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru to Chile.

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References

  1. ↑ Jonas, Zeitschr. f. Malak., 1844, p. 115.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegula euryomphala (Jonas, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718799 on 2013-12-20
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Chlorostoma euryomphalus)
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