Tegula (gastropod)
Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.
Biology
The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.Species
Species within the genus Tegula include:Tegula argyrostoma Tegula atra Tegula aureotincta - gilded tegulaTegula bergeroni McLean, 1970Tegula brunnea Philippi, 1848 - brown tegula: Tegula cooksoni Tegula corrugata Tegula corteziana Mclean, 1970Tegula corvus Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936 - banded tegula, western banded tegulaTegula euryomphala Tegula excavata - green-base tegulaTegula felipensis McLean, 1970Tegula funebralis - black tegula: Tegula gallina - speckled tegulaTegula globulus Tegula gruneri - gem tegulaTegula hotessieriana - Caribbean tegulaTegula ignota Ramírez-Böhme, 1976Tegula kusairo Yamazaki, Hirano, Chiba & Fukuda, 2020Tegula ligulata Tegula luctuosa Tegula mariana Dall, 1919Tegula melaleucos Tegula montereyi Monterey tegula: Tegula nigerrima Tegula panamensis Tegula patagonica Tegula pellisserpentis Wood, 1828Tegula pfeifferi Tegula picta McLean, 1970Tegula pulligo - dusky tegulaTegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962Tegula quadricostata Tegula regina Stearns, 1892 - queen tegulaTegula rubroflammulata Tegula rugata Tegula rugosa Tegula snodgrassi Tegula tridentata Tegula turbinata Tegula verdispira J. H. McLean, 1970Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970Tegula xanthostigma;Species brought into synonymy:Tegula argyrostoma : synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832: synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis Tegula fasciata - silky tegula: synonym of Agathistoma fasciatum Tegula fuscescens Philippi, R.A., 1845: synonym of Tegula patagonica Tegula ligulata : synonym of Tegula ligulata mariamadrae Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932Tegula lischkei : synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei Tegula lividomaculata - West Indian tegula: synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum Tegula maculostriata : synonym of Tegula hotessieriana Tegula mendella McLean, J.H., 1964: synonym of Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936 Tegula phalera Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
- Tegula rustica : synonym of Omphalius rusticus Tegula scalaris : synonym of Tegula lividomaculata Tegula trilirata Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962Tegula umbilicata Lischke, C.E. in Iwakawa, 1919: synonym of Chlorostoma argyrostoma turbinata ; synonym of Tegula argyrostoma turbinatum A. Adams, 1853Tegula viridula : synonym of ''Agathistoma viridulum''