Tegula pellisserpentis, common name the serpent-tongue tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]
| Tegula pellisserpentis | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Tegula pellisserpentis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| Species: | T. pellisserpentis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828) [1]
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 45 mm. The very thick, solid and heavy, imperforate shell has a conical and elevated shape. Its color is yellowish or pinkish, marked with narrow angular patches or interrupted longitudinal oblique stripes of black. The spire is strictly conical. The apex is acute. The sutures are linear. The eight whorls are encircled by weakly granose lirae, separated by narrow impressed lines. The periphery is nearly smooth. The base of the shell is smooth or lirate, and eroded in front of the oblique aperture. The outer lip is thick within, smooth, bevelled to an edge. The oblique columella bears in the middle a heavy tubercle, and is at the base less prominently toothed.[4]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from El Salvador to Colombia.
References edit
- ^ Wood, Ind. Test. Suppl, t. 5, f. 4.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413468 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Chlorostoma pellisserpentis)
External links edit
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula pellisserpentis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.