Tegula (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of small to medium-sized sea snails

Tegula

A live individual of Tegula pulligo in situ
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Tegulidae
Genus:  | Tegula
Lesson, 1835[1]
Type species
Tegula elegans

Lesson, 1832

Synonyms[2]

* Chlorostoma Swainson, 1840 (junior synonym)
* Neomphalius P. Fischer, 1885 (unnecessary substitute name for...)
* Omphalius Philippi, 1847
* Promartynia Dall, 1909
* Trochus (Chlorostoma) Swainson, 1840(original rank)
* Trochus (Omphalius) Philippi, 1847

Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Biology
* 2 Species
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Biology

The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.[3]

## Species

Species within the genus Tegula include:

* Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
* Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830)[4]
* Tegula aureotincta (Forbes, 1850) \- gilded tegula[5]
* Tegula bergeroni McLean, 1970[6]
* Tegula brunnea Philippi, 1848 \- brown tegula:[5]
* Tegula cooksoni (E.A. Smith, 1877)[7]
* Tegula corrugata (A. Adams, 1853)
* Tegula corteziana Mclean, 1970[5]
* Tegula corvus (Philippi, 1850)[8]
* Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936 \- banded tegula, western banded tegula[5]
* Tegula euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)
* Tegula excavata (Lamarck, 1822) \- green-base tegula[5]
* Tegula felipensis McLean, 1970
* Tegula funebralis (A. Adams, 1855) \- black tegula:[5]
* Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1850) \- speckled tegula[5]
* Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857)[9]
* Tegula gruneri (Philippi, 1849) \- gem tegula[5]
* Tegula hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) \- Caribbean tegula[5]
* Tegula ignota Ramírez-Böhme, 1976
* Tegula kusairo Yamazaki, Hirano, Chiba & Fukuda, 2020
* Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850)
* Tegula luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* Tegula mariana Dall, 1919[5]
* Tegula melaleucos (Jonas, 1844)[10]
* Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850) Monterey tegula:[5]
* Tegula nigerrima (Gmelin, 1791)
* Tegula panamensis (Philippi, 1849)[11]
* Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1840)[5]
* Tegula pellisserpentis Wood, 1828[5]
* Tegula pfeifferi (Philiippi, 1846)
* Tegula picta McLean, 1970[12]
* Tegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791) \- dusky tegula[5]
* Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962[13]
* Tegula quadricostata (W. Wood, 1828)
* Tegula regina Stearns, 1892 \- queen tegula[5]
* Tegula rubroflammulata (Koch in Philippi, 1843)[5]
* Tegula rugata (A. Gould, 1861)
* Tegula rugosa (A. Adams, 1853)[14]
* Tegula snodgrassi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)[15]
* Tegula tridentata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
* Tegula turbinata (A. Adams, 1853)
* Tegula verdispira J. H. McLean, 1970[5]
* Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970[16]
* Tegula xanthostigma (A. Adams, 1853)

Species brought into synonymy

* Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791):[17] synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
* Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832: synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828)
* Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) \- silky tegula:[5] synonym of Agathistoma fasciatum (Born, 1778) (recombination)
* Tegula fuscescens Philippi, R.A., 1845: synonym of Tegula patagonica (Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1835)
* Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850):[18] synonym of Tegula ligulata mariamadrae Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
* Tegula lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874): synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
* Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845) \- West Indian tegula:[5] synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum (C. B. Adams, 1845) (recombination)
* Tegula maculostriata (C. B. Adams):[5] synonym of Tegula hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
* Tegula mendella McLean, J.H., 1964: synonym of Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936
* Tegula phalera Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
* Tegula rustica (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Omphalius rusticus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Tegula scalaris (C.B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
* Tegula trilirata Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
* Tegula umbilicata Lischke, C.E. in Iwakawa, 1919: synonym of Chlorostoma argyrostoma turbinata (Adams, A., 1853); synonym of Tegula argyrostoma turbinatum A. Adams, 1853
* Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791):[5] synonym of Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)

## References

1. ↑ Lesson R. P. (1835). Illustr. de Zool. (17): pl. 51.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Tegula Lesson, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413467 on 2012-09-10
3. ↑ Somero G. N. (2005). "Linking biogeography to physiology: Evolutionary and acclimatory adjustments of thermal limits". Frontiers in Zoology 2: 1. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-2-1.
4. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533469 on 2011-07-20
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 "Tegula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69948. accessed 20 July 2011.
6. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula bergeroni McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575625 on 2011-07-20
7. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula cooksoni (E.A. Smith, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575626 on 2011-07-20
8. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula corvus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575628 on 2011-07-20
9. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575630 on 2011-07-20
10. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula melaleucos (Jonas, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575633 on 2011-07-20
11. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula panamensis (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575634 on 2011-07-20
12. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula picta McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575635 on 2011-07-20
13. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533471 on 2011-07-20
14. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula rugosa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575637 on 2011-07-20
15. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula snodgrassi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575638 on 2011-07-20
16. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575640 on 2011-07-20
17. ↑ OBIS: Tegula (Chlorostoma) argyrostoma
18. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575694 on 2011-07-20

* Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506

## External links

* Classification of Southern California Turban Snails

Wikidata ☰ Q3733850 entry

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