Tenagodus squamatus

Tenagodus squamatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Tenagodus
Species:
T. squamatus
Binomial name
Tenagodus squamatus
(Blainville, 1827)

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

Distribution

From North Carolina to Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 170 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 732 m.

References

  1. ↑ Tenagodus squamatus (Blainville, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Schiaparelli, Stefano (1 January 2002). "Taxonomy of the family Siliquariidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) in Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea: Description of a new genus and a new species". Italian Journal of Zoology. 69 (3): 245–256. doi:10.1080/11250000209356467. ISSN 1125-0003.
  3. 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.