Tegula patagonica

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Tegula patagonica
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Tegula patagonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. patagonica
Binomial name
Tegula patagonica
(d'Orbigny, 1838) [1]
Synonyms
  • Clanculus patagonicusd'Orbigny, 1835
  • Chlorostoma corrugataKoch, 1843
  • Chlorostoma hidalgoiPilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma orbignyanumPilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma patagonicusd'Orbigny, 1835
  • Minolia ambliaDall, 1927
  • Monodonta patagonicad'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius patagonicad'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius princepsIhering, 1907
  • Trochus corrugatusKoch, 1843
  • Trochus fuscescensPhilippi, 1845
  • Trochus patagonicusd'Orbigny, 1835 (original description)

Tegula patagonica 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 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

This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile at depths between 0 m and 57 m.

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References

  1. ↑ d'Orbigny, Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 49-72, 129-176, pls. 3-8, 17-23, 25, 55. P. Bertrand: Paris.
  2. ↑ 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
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