Pennant's Top Shell

Steromphala pennanti

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Trochidae

Steromphala pennanti is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The species was named in honor of Thomas Pennant (1726 – 1798), a Welsh naturalist. Description The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

Pennant's Top Shell — (c) anasacuta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by anasacuta · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 227Spain · 49United Kingdom · 6Netherlands · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) anasacuta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by anasacuta · CC-BY DescriptionSteromphala pennanti, Wikipedia contributors

Pennant's Top Shell

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