Tegula gallina

Tegula gallina
View of a shell of Tegula gallina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. gallina
Binomial name
Tegula gallina
(Forbes, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Chlorostoma gallina (Forbes, 1850)
  • Trochus (Monodonta) gallina Forbes, 1850 (original description)
  • Trochus gallina Fischer
  • Trochus pyriformis Gould, 1853

Tegula gallina (or commonly, Speckled Tegula) is a North American species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534191 on 2012-09-13