• Source: 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:

Species brought into synonymy

Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832: synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828)
Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) - silky tegula: 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): 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: synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum (C. B. Adams, 1845) (recombination)
Tegula maculostriata (C. B. Adams): 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): synonym of Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)




References



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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tegula (gastropod)
• Tegula funebralis
• Tegula
• Tegula bergeroni
• Tegula verrucosa
• Tegula globulus
• Tegula ignota
• Tegula panamensis
• Tegula gruneri
• Tegula gallina