Tegula (gastropod)

Tegula
A live individual of Tegula pulligo in situ
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ Lesson R. P. (1835). Illustr. de Zool. (17): pl. 51.
  2. ^ a b 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