Pyramid Top (Tectus pyramis)

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Tectus pyramis

(Born, 1778)

Pyramid Top

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

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About

Max size

15 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Trochida

Family

Tegulidae

Other species in Tegulidae

Toothed Top Shell (Tectus dentatus)

Tectus dentatus

Toothed Top Shell

Commercial Top Shell (Rochia nilotica)

Rochia nilotica

Commercial Top Shell

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