Echinogurges tubulatus

Echinogurges tubulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Echinogurges
Species: E. tubulatus
Binomial name
Echinogurges tubulatus
(Dall, 1927) [1]
Synonyms

Solariella tubulata Dall, 1927 (original combination)

Echinogurges tubulatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia and Florida at depths between 538 m and 805 m.

References

  1. Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Echinogurges tubulatus (Dall, 1927). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532787 on 2013-04-14
  3. Quinn J.F. Jr (1979). Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 130. The systematics & zoogeography of the gastropod family Trochidae collected in the Straits of Florida & its approaches. Malacologia, 19(1): 1-62.


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