Tentaoculus eritmetus
| Tentaoculus eritmetus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Tentaoculus |
| Species: | T. eritmetus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Puncturella (Fissurisepta) eritmeta A. E. Verrill, 1884 (original description) | |
Tentaoculus eritmetus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2]
Distribution
This species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA, at a depth of 2650 m.
References
- ↑ Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139-294, pls. 28-32
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533483 on 2013-02-02
External links
| External identifiers for Tentaoculus eritmetus | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 19660899 |
| WoRMS | 533483 |
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