Tegula patagonica

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

Tegula patagonica
Drawing with two views of a shell of Tegula patagonica
Scientific classification
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 patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Chlorostoma corrugata Koch, 1843
  • Chlorostoma hidalgoi Pilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma orbignyanum Pilsbry, 1900
  • Chlorostoma patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Minolia amblia Dall, 1927
  • Monodonta patagonica d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius patagonica d'Orbigny, 1835
  • Neomphalius princeps Ihering, 1907
  • Trochus corrugatus Koch, 1843
  • Trochus fuscescens Philippi, 1845
  • Trochus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835 (original description)

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.

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
  • 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
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tegula patagonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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