Echinogurges tuberculatus

Echinogurges tuberculatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.

Description

Described by J.F. Quinn Jr. in 1991, this marine gastropod is characterised by a shell that reaches a height of approximately 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and Yucatan; in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, the Bahamas and the Florida Strait.

References

• Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1991. New species of Gaza, Mirachelus, Calliotropis, and Echinogurges (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 105: 166–172