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Tegula patagonica

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Tegula patagonica
Drawing with two views of a shell of Tegula patagonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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

Description

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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

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This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile at depths between 0 m and 57 m.

References

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