Tectus pyramis
©Anne: Heavily encrusted shell of Tectus pyramis on the reef flat on S side of South Island, Lizard Island Group.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Tegulidae
Genus
Tectus
Species
Tectus pyramis
Colours
Distinguishing features
A tall cone-shaped shell with straight sides and white base with indistinct brownish striations.
Size
- Up to 8 cm (Height according to Wilson, 1993)
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Trochus maculatus
has a similar shape but the base is more colourful and it has fine, nodulose spiral ribs.
Web resources
References
- Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.