Description
Family Trochidae
Operculum thin and horny , with numerous spiral lines .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,446 meters (0 to 4,744 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Salvini-Plawen, 1980
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
()
- C.s. Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
(
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tegula
There are approximately 84 species in this genus:
T. abavus · T. argyrostoma · T. argyrostoma lischkei · T. argyrostomum · T. argyrosyoma · T. atra · T. aureotincta (Gilded Tegula) · T. aureotineata · T. auretinctum · T. brunnea (Brown Tegula) · T. brunneum · T. byroniana · T. chilena · T. corteziana · T. einseni · T. eiseni (Western Banded Tegula) · T. euryomphala · T. excavata (Green-Base Tegula) · T. excavatus · T. fasciata (Silky Tegula) · T. felipenis · T. felipensis · T. finebrale · T. funebrale · T. funebralis (Black Tegula) · T. fuscescens · T. gallina (Speckled Tegula) · T. globulus · T. gruneri (Gem Tegula) · T. hotessieriana (Caribbean Tegula) · T. ignota · T. jeanae · T. ligulata · T. lischkei · T. lividomaculata (West Indian Tegula) · T. livido maculata · T. luctuosa · T. maculostriata · T. maculostriatum · T. marcida · T. mariana · T. melaleucus · T. montereyi (Monterey Tegula) · T. monterreyi · T. niger · T. nigerrima · T. nigricolor · T. omphalium · T. orbignyana · T. oshikatai · T. panamensis · T. patagonica · T. patagonica d'Orb · T. patriae · T. pellis · T. pellis-serpentis · T. pellisserpentis · T. pfeifferi · T. picta · T. poppei · T. pulligo (Dusky Tegula) · T. quadricostata · T. quadricostatus · T. regina (Queen Tegula) · T. reticulata · T. rubroflammulata · T. rugosa · T. rugosum · T. rustica · T. rusticum · T. scalare · T. snodgrassi (Three-Striped Fusilier) · T. tridentada · T. tridentata · T. trilirata · T. tubroflammulata · T. umbilicaris · T. uryomphalum · T. varistriata · T. verdispira · T. verrucosa · T. viridula · T. viridulum · T. xanthostigma
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Further Reading
- El Niņo in Peru: biology and culture over 10, 000 years: Papers from the VIII Annual A. Watson Armour III Spring Symposium, May 28-29, 1999, Chicago / Jonathan Haas and Michael O. Dillon, editors. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2003. ENG url p. 59.
- Santa Maria, J.Basly, 1983, Moluscos Marinos del Norte de Chile, pg.17.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1926361
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16115342
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2135613
Footnotes
- Mean = 452.250 meters (1,483.760 feet), Standard Deviation = 455.100 based on 16 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
