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banded tegula

Agathistoma eiseni

Classification

Family
Tegulidae

Tegula eiseni, common name the western banded tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. Description The shell is conical in shape and its size varies between 13 mm and 22 mm, being covered in 12-13 spiral ribs which are coarse and nodded when above the widest part of the whorl. The snail also possesses a corneal operculum which serves to close off the rounded opening of the shell.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,467Mexico · 11