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Tegulidae

16 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Trochida › Tegulidae

Tegula aureotincta (Forbes, 1852)

Tegula aureotincta is a sea snail species with a varied-size shell, found in Pacific intertidal and subtidal areas off Southern California and Mexico.

Tegula eiseni E.K.Jordan, 1936

Tegula eiseni is a Pacific intertidal snail with a thick conical shell, that has two annual spawnings and anti-predator thicker shells.

Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850)

Tegula montereyi is a sea snail species with a distinct conical shell, found off the California coast in the Pacific Ocean.

Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1838)

Tegula patagonica is a marine gastropod with a distinct shell, found from Southern Brazil to Southern Chile in shallow to moderate depths.

Tegula funebralis (A.Adams, 1855)

Tegula funebralis, the black turban snail, is an abundant North American Pacific rocky intertidal marine snail with a long history of human use.

Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1852)

Tegula gallina is a variable intertidal gastropod found from California to Baja California, often found with similar T. funebralis.

Tegula atra (Lesson, 1831)

Tegula atra is a marine snail species with a characteristic black, conical shell found in the southeastern Pacific from Peru to Chile.

Tegula brunnea (R.A.Philippi, 1849)

Tegula brunnea is a variable marine snail species found in the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of the USA.

Tegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791)

Tegula pulligo is a marine snail species found from Alaska to Baja California that lives on kelp.

Tegula rustica (Gmelin, 1791)

Tegula rustica is a marine snail species with a distinct conical shell, found off the coast of Japan.

Norrisia norrisii (G.B.Sowerby I, 1838)

Norrisia norrisii is a trochid snail native to the Pacific coast of North America that lives in intertidal and subtidal rocky and kelp habitats.

Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cittarium pica is a large Caribbean sea snail that is harvested for food and protected in some regions.

Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)

Tectus pyramis is a sea snail species with distinct conical shells, found across parts of the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rochia nilotica is a widespread Indo-Pacific marine gastropod that grazes on algae and can live up to 15 years.

Agathistoma fasciatum (Born, 1778)

This is a description of the marine gastropod Agathistoma fasciatum, covering its shell morphology and Atlantic distribution.

Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)

Agathistoma viridulum is a sea snail with a distinctively patterned 13–30 mm shell, found in Caribbean and South Atlantic waters.

Related Families

Trochidae 61 species Turbinidae 36 species Calliostomatidae 11 species Phasianellidae 4 species Margaritidae 2 species Angariidae 1 species Colloniidae 1 species

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