Tenaturris inepta

Tenaturris inepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Tenaturris
Species: T. inepta
Binomial name
Tenaturris inepta
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma inepta Smith E. A., 1882

Tenaturris inepta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

T. inepta can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil and surrounding Bermuda.[3]; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ a b Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420362 on 11 August 2011.
  3. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.