Tegula eiseni
Tegula eiseni, common name the western banded tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| Species: | T. eiseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Tegula eiseni (Jordan, 1936) | |
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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
- Tegula eiseni (Jordan, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
External links
- "Tegula eiseni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Wallawalla: Tegula eiseni
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