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eroded turretsnail

Tachyrhynchus erosus

Classification

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Tachyrhynchus erosus, common name the eroded turretsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. Description The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm. Tachyrhynchus erosus is commonly found in sandy and muddy substrates in the Gulf of Mexico and along the southeastern coast of the United States, where it lives on the ocean floor as a benthic marine gastropod.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 37United States of America · 22