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Tectus dentatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Common known as the Toothed Top Shell. The shell of the living sea snail is often covered with mud or colonized by algae.
This herbivorous snail lives on coral reef shore between algae and on dead corals, in the intertidal and shallow subtidal areas at a depth up to 10 m. It feeds on various algae and diatoms.
Synonymised names:
Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) · unaccepted
Trochus dentatus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 · unaccepted (original combination)
Common known as the Toothed Top Shell. The shell of the living sea snail is often covered with mud or colonized by algae.
This herbivorous snail lives on coral reef shore between algae and on dead corals, in the intertidal and shallow subtidal areas at a depth up to 10 m. It feeds on various algae and diatoms.
Synonymised names:
Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) · unaccepted
Trochus dentatus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 · unaccepted (original combination)
