Trochus tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[2][3]

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Trochus tentorium
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Drawing of a shell of Trochus tentorium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tectus
Species:
T. tentorium
Binomial name
Tectus tentorium
Gmelin, 1791[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochus maculatus var. tentorium (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description

It differs from Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 in being obviously longitudinally plicate, especially on the lower part of each whorl.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

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