# 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)