Tegula (gastropod)

Tegula
A live individual of Tegula pulligo in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
Lesson, 1835[1]
Type species
Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832
Synonyms[2]
  • Agathistoma Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Promartynia Dall, 1909

Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.[2]

Biology

The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Tegula include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Lesson R. P. (1835). Illustr. de Zool. (17): pl. 51.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. Somero G. N. (2005). "Linking biogeography to physiology: Evolutionary and acclimatory adjustments of thermal limits". Frontiers in Zoology 2: 1. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-2-1.
  4. 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
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Tegula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. accessed 20 July 2011.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. OBIS: Tegula (Chlorostoma) argyrostoma
  18. 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

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