Trochus tentorium

Trochus tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.^[2][3]

Trochus tentorium
Drawing of a shell of Trochus tentorium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Tegulidae
Genus:	Tectus
Species:	T. tentorium
Binomial name
Tectus tentorium Gmelin, 1791[1]
Synonyms[2]
Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) Trochus maculatus var. tentorium (Gmelin, 1791)

Description

It differs from Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 in being obviously longitudinally plicate, especially on the lower part of each whorl.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[2]

• Tanzania
• the Philippines
• Fiji Islands