Tectonatica sagraiana

Tectonatica sagraiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Tectonatica
Species: T. sagraiana
Binomial name
Tectonatica sagraiana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica filosa Philippi, R.A., 1845
  • Natica flammulata Requien, 1848
  • Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845)

Tectonatica sagraiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 21 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde and Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Gofas, S. (2009). Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367899 on 18 March 2011.


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