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Chlorostoma montereyi (Monterey tegula)
Taxonomy
Trochus montereyi was named by Kiener (1850). It is extant.
It was recombined as Tegula montereyi by Oldroyd (1925), Alf (2019); it was recombined as Chlorostoma montereyi by Ashley (1895), Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Tegula montereyi by Oldroyd (1925), Alf (2019); it was recombined as Chlorostoma montereyi by Ashley (1895), Hendy (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2020-02-15
Synonymy list
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Chlorostoma montereyi Kiener 1850 [Monterey tegula]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Alf 2019 | Shell 25–50 mm, thin, conical, whorls flat-sided, base flat; aperture strongly oblique; early whorls with mid-whorl carination; sculpture of fine spiral lirae crossed by lamellar growth increments; some specimens with weak oblique ridges perpendicular to growth lines; base spirally lirate, acutely angled in young specimens, slightly rounded in old specimens; umbilicus open, umbilical area separated from base by groove, umbilicus with edge, strong ridge inside turning into prominent denticle in middle of columella; color yellowish brown, umbilical wall white. |