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

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Pennant's Top Shell

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