Tegula eiseni

Tegula eiseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. eiseni
Binomial name
Tegula eiseni
(Jordan, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Tegula (Agathistoma) mendella McLean, J.H., 1964

Tegula eiseni, common name the western banded tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico

References

  1. ^ Tegula eiseni (Jordan, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  • "Tegula eiseni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Wallawalla: Tegula eiseni


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