Cymia tectum

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cymia tectum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] The average size of a cymia tectum shell measures between 30 and 75 mm.[2]

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Cymia tectum
Cymia tectum shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Cymia
Species:
C. tectum
Binomial name
Cymia tectum
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum tectum Wood, 1828
Cuma sulcata Swainson, 1840
Purpura angulifera Duclos, 1832
Purpura callosa Sowerby, 1834
Cymia tecta (Wood, 1828)

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