Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Tegulidae

Tegula R. P. Lesson, 1833

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Omphalius*	R. A. Philippi, 1847	synonym

Literature

original description	Lesson R.-P. (1832-1833). Illustration de zoologie ou Recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'après nature. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 60 pls and accompanying text. [Published in 20 livraisons of 3 plates, one livraison every month, starting in April 1832. Pls 1-27 =1832; pls 28-60 = 1833].
basis of record	Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
additional source	Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tegula R. P. Lesson, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413467