Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Tegulidae | |
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Similar Tegula, Tegula pellisserpentis, Tegula excavata, Tegula atra, Tegula euryomphala | ||
Tegula patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.
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Description
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
This marine species occurs from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile at depths between 0 m and 57 m.
References
Tegula patagonica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA