Tegula (gastropod) explained

Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.^[1]

Biology

The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Tegula include:

• Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
• Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830)^[3]
• Tegula aureotincta (Forbes, 1850) - gilded tegula^[4]
• Tegula bergeroni McLean, 1970^[5]
• Tegula brunnea Philippi, 1848 - brown tegula:^[4]
• Tegula cooksoni (E.A. Smith, 1877)^[6]
• Tegula corrugata (A. Adams, 1853)
• Tegula corteziana Mclean, 1970^[4]
• Tegula corvus (Philippi, 1850)^[7]
• Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936 - banded tegula, western banded tegula^[4]
• Tegula euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)
• Tegula excavata (Lamarck, 1822) - green-base tegula^[4]
• Tegula felipensis McLean, 1970
• Tegula funebralis (A. Adams, 1855) - black tegula:^[4]
• Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1850) - speckled tegula^[4]
• Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857)^[8]
• Tegula gruneri (Philippi, 1849) - gem tegula^[4]
• Tegula hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) - Caribbean tegula^[4]
• Tegula ignota Ramírez-Böhme, 1976
• Tegula kusairo Yamazaki, Hirano, Chiba & Fukuda, 2020
• Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850)
• Tegula luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Tegula mariana Dall, 1919^[4]
• Tegula melaleucos (Jonas, 1844)^[9]
• Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850) Monterey tegula:^[4]
• Tegula nigerrima (Gmelin, 1791)
• Tegula panamensis (Philippi, 1849)^[10]
• Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1840)^[4]
• Tegula pellisserpentis Wood, 1828^[4]
• Tegula pfeifferi (Philiippi, 1846)
• Tegula picta McLean, 1970^[11]
• Tegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791) - dusky tegula^[4]
• Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962^[12]
• Tegula quadricostata (W. Wood, 1828)
• Tegula regina Stearns, 1892 - queen tegula^[4]
• Tegula rubroflammulata (Koch in Philippi, 1843)^[4]
• Tegula rugata (A. Gould, 1861)
• Tegula rugosa (A. Adams, 1853)^[13]
• Tegula snodgrassi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)^[14]
• Tegula tridentata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
• Tegula turbinata (A. Adams, 1853)
• Tegula verdispira J. H. McLean, 1970^[4]
• Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970^[15]
• Tegula xanthostigma (A. Adams, 1853)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791):^[16] synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
• Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832: synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828)
• Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) - silky tegula:^[4] synonym of Agathistoma fasciatum (Born, 1778) (recombination)
• Tegula fuscescens Philippi, R.A., 1845: synonym of Tegula patagonica (Orbigny, A.V.M.D. d', 1835)
• Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850):^[17] synonym of Tegula ligulata mariamadrae Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Tegula lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874): synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
• Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845) - West Indian tegula:^[4] synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum (C. B. Adams, 1845) (recombination)
• Tegula maculostriata (C. B. Adams):^[4] synonym of Tegula hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
• Tegula mendella McLean, J.H., 1964: synonym of Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936
• Tegula phalera Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
• Tegula rustica (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Omphalius rusticus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Tegula scalaris (C.B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Tegula trilirata Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
• Tegula umbilicata Lischke, C.E. in Iwakawa, 1919: synonym of Chlorostoma argyrostoma turbinata (Adams, A., 1853); synonym of Tegula argyrostoma turbinatum A. Adams, 1853
• Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791):^[4] synonym of Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)

References

• Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506

External links

• Classification of Southern California Turban Snails

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Somero G. N. (2005). "Linking biogeography to physiology: Evolutionary and acclimatory adjustments of thermal limits". Frontiers in Zoology 2: 1. .
3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533469 on 2011-07-20
4. accessed 20 July 2011.
5. WoRMS (2011). Tegula bergeroni McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575625 on 2011-07-20
6. WoRMS (2011). Tegula cooksoni (E.A. Smith, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575626 on 2011-07-20
7. WoRMS (2011). Tegula corvus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575628 on 2011-07-20
8. WoRMS (2011). Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575630 on 2011-07-20
9. WoRMS (2011). Tegula melaleucos (Jonas, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575633 on 2011-07-20
10. WoRMS (2011). Tegula panamensis (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575634 on 2011-07-20
11. WoRMS (2011). Tegula picta McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575635 on 2011-07-20
12. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533471 on 2011-07-20
13. WoRMS (2011). Tegula rugosa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575637 on 2011-07-20
14. WoRMS (2011). Tegula snodgrassi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575638 on 2011-07-20
15. WoRMS (2011). Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575640 on 2011-07-20
16. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/43650 OBIS: Tegula (Chlorostoma) argyrostoma
17. WoRMS (2011). Tegula ligulata (Menke, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575694 on 2011-07-20