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Tentaoculus granulatus

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Species of gastropod

Tentaoculus granulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Tentaoculus
Species: T. granulatus
Binomial name
Tentaoculus granulatus
Warén & Bouchet, 2009

Tentaoculus granulatus is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudococculinidae .

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

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Distribution

This small limpet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.

References

  1. ^ Warén, Anders; Bouchet, Philippe (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep Sea Research. Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56 (23): 2326–2349. Bibcode:2009DSRII..56.2326W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013.
  2. Tentaoculus granulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Bouchet, P. (2013). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 August 2017.
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349
Taxon identifiers
Tentaoculus granulatus


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