Tugali colvillensis

Taxobox
name = "Tugali colvillensis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
familia = Fissurellidae
genus = "Tugali"
species = "T. colvillensis"
binomial = "Tugali colvillensis"
binomial_authority = Finlay, 1927

"Tugali colvillensis" is a species of small sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the Family Fissurellidae, the keyhole and slit limpets.

The soft parts of this animal are larger than the shell.

Dsitribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found all around New Zealand's coast.

Habitat

This limpet lives under rocks in the intertidal zone.

hell description

The shell of this species is laterally compressed, with a high arched dorsal area, the tricordate and fasciole forming a high ridge. There is a pronounced taper towards the anterior end, which has a very shallow sinuation. The shell sculpture is finely fenestrated, the radials being slightly stronger than the axials. The shell margin is delicately crenulated.

The external shell coloration is pale brownish and the interior of the shell is porcellaneous-white.

The maximum shell height is 8 mm, width 13 mm, and length 21.5 mm.

References

* Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1