Tectus mauritianus

Tectus mauritianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Tegulinae
Genus: Tectus
Species: T. mauritianus
Binomial name
Tectus mauritianus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Trochus mauritianus Gmelin, 1790

Tectus mauritianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216325 on 20 April 2010.