Tectus triserialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]
| Tectus triserialis | |
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| A shell of Tectus triserialis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tectus |
| Species: | T. triserialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822) [1]
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| SynonymsTectus (Tectus) triserialis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm. The imperforate, solid, heavy shell has a turreted-conic shape. It is flesh-colored, lighter beneath. It contains about 12 whorls, somewhat convex toward the lower, concave toward the upper part. The upper whorls show a single submedian series of rather prominent tubercles, the lower with about four subequal series of small, separated, rather acute tubercles, the surface between them minutely wrinkled. The base of the shell is nearly flat, and spirally lirate. The lirae become narrow toward the outer edge. The aperture is rhomboidal. The outer and parietal walls are more or less lirate within. The base has a deep seated spiral fold near the columella within . The columella is strongly, acutely folded, the fold directed downward.[4]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and Northern Queensland, Australia
References edit
- ^ Lamarck, J.B. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 pp. 711 pp.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567235 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Trochus triserialis)
External links edit
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Tectus (Tectus) triserialis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.