Tentaoculus granulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Tentaoculus |
| Species: | T. granulatus
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| Tentaoculus granulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]
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Tentaoculus granulatus is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudococculinidae .[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This small limpet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Warén, Anders; Bouchet, Philippe (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep Sea Research. Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56 (23): 2326–2349. Bibcode:2009DSRII..56.2326W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013.
- ^ Tentaoculus granulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Bouchet, P. (2013). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 August 2017.
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349