Trochus tentorium

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Trochus tentorium
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Drawing of a shell of Trochus tentorium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tectus
Species:
T. tentorium
Binomial name
Tectus tentorium
Gmelin, 1791 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Tectus tentorium(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochus maculatus var. tentorium(Gmelin, 1791)

Trochus tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. [2] [3]

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Description

It differs from Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 in being obviously longitudinally plicate, especially on the lower part of each whorl. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [2]

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References

  1. Gmelin, J. F. [1791]. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. - pp. 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216350 on 2022-10-29
  3. Williams, S. T.; Karube, S.; Ozawa, T. (2008). "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 483–506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x.
  4. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia