Tectus dentatus

Tectus dentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Tegulinae
Genus: Tectus
Subgenus: Tectus
Species: T. dentatus
Binomial name
Tectus dentatus
(Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Synonyms[1]

Trochus dentatus Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775

Tectus dentatus, common name the toothed top shell, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

T. dentatus is endemic to the Northweast Indian Ocean.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tectus dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216327 on 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 30.