Common name of Tectonatica pusilla
 
Common Name Miniature moonsnail
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier mod. for size
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'moon' here refers to the smooth globular shells of species in this family.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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