Tegula (gastropod)

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
Type species
Tegula elegans
Lesson, 1832
Synonyms
  • 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.

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