Tectonatica sagraiana
Species of gastropod
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Tectonatica sagraiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
| Tectonatica sagraiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Tectonatica |
| Species: | T. sagraiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 21 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde, and Angola.