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 <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Tegula atra <small>(Lesson, 1830)</small>
- Tegula aureotincta <small>(Forbes, 1850)</small> - gilded tegula
- Tegula bergeroni <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- Tegula brunnea <small>Philippi, 1848</small> - brown tegula:
- Tegula cooksoni <small>(E.A. Smith, 1877)</small>
- Tegula corrugata <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
- Tegula corteziana <small>Mclean, 1970</small>
- Tegula corvus <small>(Philippi, 1850)</small>
- Tegula eiseni <small>Jordan, 1936</small> - banded tegula, western banded tegula
- Tegula euryomphala <small>(Jonas, 1844)</small>
- Tegula excavata <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small> - green-base tegula
- Tegula felipensis <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- Tegula funebralis <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small> - black tegula:
- Tegula gallina <small>(Forbes, 1850)</small> - speckled tegula
- Tegula globulus <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Tegula gruneri <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small> - gem tegula
- Tegula hotessieriana <small>(d'Orbigny, 1842)</small> - Caribbean tegula
- Tegula ignota <small>RamÃÂrez-Böhme, 1976</small>
- Tegula kusairo <small>Yamazaki, Hirano, Chiba & Fukuda, 2020</small>
- Tegula ligulata <small>(Menke, 1850)</small>
- Tegula luctuosa <small>(d'Orbigny, 1841)</small>
- Tegula mariana <small>Dall, 1919</small>
- Tegula melaleucos <small>(Jonas, 1844)</small>
- Tegula montereyi <small>(Kiener, 1850)</small> Monterey tegula:
- Tegula nigerrima <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Tegula panamensis <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Tegula patagonica <small>(d'Orbigny, 1840)</small>
- Tegula pellisserpentis <small>Wood, 1828</small>
- Tegula pfeifferi <small>(Philiippi, 1846)</small>
- Tegula picta <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- Tegula pulligo <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> - dusky tegula
- Tegula puntagordana <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>
- Tegula quadricostata <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small>
- Tegula regina <small>Stearns, 1892</small> - queen tegula
- Tegula rubroflammulata <small>(Koch in Philippi, 1843)</small>
- Tegula rugata <small>(A. Gould, 1861)</small>
- Tegula rugosa <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
- Tegula snodgrassi <small>(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)</small>
- Tegula tridentata <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small>
- Tegula turbinata <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
- Tegula verdispira <small>J. H. McLean, 1970</small>
- Tegula verrucosa <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- Tegula xanthostigma <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Tegula argyrostoma <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei <small>(Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)</small>
- Tegula elegans <small>Lesson, 1832</small>: synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
- Tegula fasciata <small>(Born, 1778)</small> - silky tegula: synonym of Agathistoma fasciatum (Born, 1778) (recombination)
- Tegula fuscescens <small>Philippi, R.A., 1845</small>: synonym of Tegula patagonica <small>(Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1835)</small>
- Tegula ligulata <small>(Menke, 1850)</small>: synonym of Tegula ligulata mariamadrae <small>Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932</small>
- Tegula lischkei <small>(Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)</small>: synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei <small>(Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)</small>
- Tegula lividomaculata <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small> - West Indian tegula: synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small> (recombination)
- Tegula maculostriata <small>(C. B. Adams)</small>: synonym of Tegula hotessieriana <small>(dâÂÂOrbigny, 1842)</small>
- Tegula mendella <small>McLean, J.H., 1964</small>: synonym of Tegula eiseni <small>Jordan, 1936</small>
- Tegula phalera <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>: synonym of Tegula puntagordana <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>
- Tegula rustica <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Omphalius rusticus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Tegula scalaris <small>(C.B. Adams, 1845)</small>: synonym of Tegula lividomaculata <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small>
- Tegula trilirata <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>: synonym of Tegula puntagordana <small>Weisbord, 1962</small>
- Tegula umbilicata <small>Lischke, C.E. in Iwakawa, 1919</small>: synonym of Chlorostoma argyrostoma turbinata <small>(Adams, A., 1853)</small>; synonym of Tegula argyrostoma turbinatum <small>A. Adams, 1853</small>
- Tegula viridula <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Agathistoma viridulum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
References
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483âÂÂ506
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