Tegula pfeifferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1] Tegula pfeifferi is more commonly known as "Pfeiffer's Top Shell".[2]
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| Drawing showing an apertural view of a shell of Tegula pfeifferi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| Species: | T. pfeifferi
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| Tegula pfeifferi (Philiippi, 1846)
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Description
editThe height of the shell is 30 mm, its diameter 33 mm. The solid, umbilicate shell has a conical shape with an acutely angled periphery. It is dark purplish or brownish-purple and obliquely striate; the base radiately striate or streaked with white. The elevated spire is strictly conical. The apex is eroded. The about 7 whorls are planulate above, the last acutely angular at the periphery. The whorls are smooth or with fine spiral striae, and ill-defined longitudinal folds. The base of the shell is smooth and obsoletely plano-concave. The subhorizontal aperture occupies about half the area of the base. The columella is dentate in the middle, expanded above in a white callus. The circular umbilicus is profound and surrounded by a white zone.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula pfeifferi (Philiippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590971 on 2012-09-01
- ^ "Omphalius pfeifferi Philippi 1846 - Encyclopedia of Life". Eol.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Chlorostoma pfeifferi)
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