Echinogurges tuberculatus
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | E. tuberculatus
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Echinogurges tuberculatus Quinn, 1991
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Echinogurges rhysus auct. non Watson, 1879 |
Echinogurges tuberculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell grows to a height of 4.6 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and Yucatan; in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, the Bahamas and the Florida Strait.
References[edit]
- ^ 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