Tegula eiseni

Tegula eiseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
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.


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