Tenagodus modestus

Tenagodus modestus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Tenagodus
Species:
T. modestus
Binomial name
Tenagodus modestus
(Dall, 1881)

Tenagodus modestus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 150 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 37 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m.

References

  1. ↑ Tenagodus modestus (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.