Cymia tectum

Cymia tectum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] The average size of a cymia tectum shell measures between 30 and 75 mm.[2]

Cymia tectum
Cymia tectum shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Cymia
Species:
C. tectum
Binomial name
Cymia tectum
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum tectum Wood, 1828
Cuma sulcata Swainson, 1840
Purpura angulifera Duclos, 1832
Purpura callosa Sowerby, 1834
Cymia tecta (Wood, 1828)

Description

References
  1. Cymia tecta (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. "Cymia tectum". gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.


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