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Brown tegula

Tegula brunnea (R. A. Philippi, 1849)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The brown tegula (Tegula brunnea) is a species in the family Tegulidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the brown tegula

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown tegula live?

Not recorded

Is the brown tegula endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown tegula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTegulidae
  6. genusTegula
  7. SpeciesTegula brunnea (R. A. Philippi, 1849)

Synonyms Chlorostoma brunneum, Chlorostoma brunneum var. fluctuatum, Chlorostoma brunneum var. fluctuosum, Trochus brunneus, Trochus striatulus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Brown turban snailEnglish
  • Caracol de turbante caféSpanish
  • Тегула коричневаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown tegula

Other species in the same genus Tegula.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown tegula?

The brown tegula (Tegula brunnea) belongs to the family Tegulidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown tegula (Tegula brunnea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tegula

MLA

“Brown tegula (Tegula brunnea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tegula.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_tegula_2026,
  title = {Brown tegula (Tegula brunnea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tegula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}