Echinogurges tuberculatus
Echinogurges tuberculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Calliotropidae |
Genus: | Echinogurges |
Species: | E. tuberculatus |
Binomial name | |
Echinogurges tuberculatus Quinn, 1991 | |
Synonyms | |
Echinogurges rhysus auct. non Watson, 1879 |
Echinogurges tuberculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 4.6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and Yucatan; in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, the Bahamas and the Florida Strait.
References
- ↑ Echinogurges tuberculatus Quinn, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 2010.
- Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1991. New species of Gaza, Mirachelus, Calliotropis, and Echinogurges (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 105: 166-172
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