Tegula aureotincta

Tegula aureotincta, common name the gilded tegula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]

Tegula aureotincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula
Species:
T. aureotincta
Binomial name
Tegula aureotincta
(Forbes, 1850)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The shell is broad and low. The spire feels rough. Its sculpture consists of low, spiral ridges, especially on the body whorl and of diagonal ridges. The color of the spire is dark gray or olive. The base of the shell has a bright yellow or orange skin around the deep umbilicus.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the low intertidal zones and on adjacent rocky subtidal shores off Southern California, USA and Mexico

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References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tegula aureotincta (Forbes, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534186 on 2012-09-01
  2. 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
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
  • To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • "Tegula aureotincta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • CBRISC: Tegula aureotincta
  • Intertidal Invertebrates of California


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