Tegula (gastropod)

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

Biology
The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.

Species
Species within the genus Tegula include:


 * Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Tegula atra (Lesson, 1830)
 * Tegula aureotincta (Forbes, 1850) - gilded tegula
 * Tegula bergeroni McLean, 1970
 * Tegula brunnea Philippi, 1848 - brown tegula:
 * Tegula cooksoni (E.A. Smith, 1877)
 * Tegula corrugata (A. Adams, 1853)
 * Tegula corteziana Mclean, 1970
 * Tegula corvus (Philippi, 1850)
 * Tegula eiseni Jordan, 1936 - banded tegula, western banded tegula
 * Tegula euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)
 * Tegula excavata (Lamarck, 1822) - green-base tegula
 * Tegula felipensis McLean, 1970
 * Tegula funebralis (A. Adams, 1855) - black tegula:
 * Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1850) - speckled tegula
 * Tegula globulus (Carpenter, 1857)
 * Tegula gruneri (Philippi, 1849) - gem tegula
 * Tegula hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) - Caribbean tegula
 * 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
 * Tegula melaleucos (Jonas, 1844)
 * Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850) Monterey tegula:
 * Tegula nigerrima (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Tegula panamensis (Philippi, 1849)
 * Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1840)
 * Tegula pellisserpentis Wood, 1828
 * Tegula pfeifferi (Philiippi, 1846)
 * Tegula picta McLean, 1970
 * Tegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791) - dusky tegula
 * Tegula puntagordana Weisbord, 1962
 * Tegula quadricostata (W. Wood, 1828)
 * Tegula regina Stearns, 1892 - queen tegula
 * Tegula rubroflammulata (Koch in Philippi, 1843)
 * Tegula rugata (A. Gould, 1861)
 * Tegula rugosa (A. Adams, 1853)
 * Tegula snodgrassi (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
 * Tegula tridentata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
 * Tegula turbinata (A. Adams, 1853)
 * Tegula verdispira J. H. McLean, 1970
 * Tegula verrucosa McLean, 1970
 * Tegula xanthostigma (A. Adams, 1853)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Tegula argyrostoma (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Chlorostoma lischkei (Tapparone-Canefri, 1874)
 * Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832 : synonym of Tegula pellisserpentis (Wood, 1828)
 * Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) - silky tegula: 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) : 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: synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum (C. B. Adams, 1845) (recombination)
 * Tegula maculostriata (C. B. Adams) : 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) : synonym of Agathistoma viridulum (Gmelin, 1791)