Tegula (gastropod)
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| A live individual of Tegula pulligo in situ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: |
Tegula (gastropod) Lesson, 1835 |
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Tegula elegans Lesson, 1832 |
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Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.
The function of the heart in Tegula snails may have a critical importance for their temperature tolerance.
Species within the genus Tegula include:
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