Tegula gallina Speckled Turban, Speckled Tegula

Tegula gallina is commonly referred to as Speckled Turban, Speckled Tegula. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Douglas Mason, USA

Chlorostoma gallina (South Casa Reef, La Jolla) 2012

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lexID:: 15200
AphiaID:: 534191

Scientific:: Tegula gallina
German:: Gesprenkelte Tegula, Gesprenkelte Turbanschnecke
English:: Speckled Turban, Speckled Tegula

Category:: Lumache

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Tegulidae (Family) > Tegula (Genus) > gallina (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forbes, ), 1852

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 4,1 cm
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tegula atra
Ziegelschnecke
Tegula aureotincta
Tegula brunnea
Braune Tegula, Braune Turboschnecke
Tegula eiseni
Tegula euryomphala
Tegula excavata
Tegula fasciata
Tegula funebralis
Schwarze Turbanschnecke, Schwarze Tegula
Tegula gallina
Gesprenkelte Tegula, Gesprenkelte Turbanschnecke
Tegula gruneri
Tegula hotessieriana
Tegula ignota
Tegula ligulata
Tegula lividomaculata
Tegula luctuosa
Tegula mariana
Tegula montereyi
Monterey Tegula
Tegula patagonica
Tegula pellisserpentis
Tegula pfeifferi
Tegula pulligo
Tegula puntagordana
Tegula quadricostata
Tegula regina
Tegula rugosa
Tegula tridentata
Tegula viridula

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-24 19:59:55
Last edit:: 2022-09-24 20:03:34

Info

Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1852)

Tegula Top Snails are found on hard substrate or attached to plants in the intertidal zone.

Tegula gallina lives on intertidal rocks. It's an algae grazer and deposit feeder.

Synonymised names:
Chlorostoma gallina (Forbes, 1852) · unaccepted
Chlorostoma gallina var. multifilosa Stearns, 1892 · unaccepted (variety)
Chlorostoma gallina var. tincta Pilsbry, 1889 · unaccepted
Chlorostoma gallina var. umbilicatum Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Trochus (Monodonta) gallina Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted (basionym)
Trochus (Monodonta) pyriformis Gould, 1853 · unaccepted
Trochus gallina Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 24.09.2022.

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Chlorostoma gallina (South Casa Reef, La Jolla) 2012

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