Tectus tentorium

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

Tectus tentorium
Drawing of a shell of Tectus tentorium
Scientific classification
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]
  • Trochus maculatus var. tentorium (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791

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]

References
  1. Gmelin, J. F. [1791]. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. - pp. 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580119 on 2012-09-01
  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
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