Pyramid Top (Tectus pyramis)

Invertebrateverified

Tectus pyramis

(Born, 1778)

Pyramid Top

Also known as: Pyramid Topsnail, Pyram Top Shell, Pyramid Trochus

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Taxonomy

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Trochida

Family

Tegulidae

Other species in Tegulidae

Tectus dentatus

Tectus dentatus

Toothed Top Shell

Rochia nilotica

Rochia nilotica

Commercial Top Shell

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