Tegula brunnea, common name the brown turban snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae, .[2][3]
| Tegula brunnea | |
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| A live individual of Tegula brunnea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| Species: | T. brunnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Tegula brunnea | |
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This is an Eastern Pacific Ocean species which was previously known as Chlorostoma brunnea.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 45 mm. The solid, imperforate shell has a conical shape. It is russet-yellow, brown, orange-colored or deep crimson. The spire is conic. The sutures are deeply impressed. The about seven whorls are convex, smooth, and obliquely lightly striate. The body whorl sometimes is obsoletely undulated or plicate below the suture. The base of the shell is depressed and deeply concave in the center. The aperture is very oblique. The columella has one or two teeth near the base. The umbilical callus is white. The place of the umbilicus is deeply excavated. The relative altitude and the size are extremely variable.[4]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon to Santa Barbara Islands, California, USA
References
edit- ^ Philippi. Zeitschr.f. Mal., 1848, p. 189,
- ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Tegula brunnea (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534187 on 2013-12-10
- ^ McLean J.M. (2007) Gastropoda. In: J. T. Carlton, ed., The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon, ed. 4. University of California Press, Los Angeles. Pp. 355–373.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 61
External links
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- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula brunnea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.