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Brown turban

Tegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the brown turban

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 turban live?

Not recorded

Is the brown turban 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 turban classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTegulidae
  6. genusTegula
  7. SpeciesTegula pulligo (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Promartynia pulligo, Tegula pulligo taylori, Trochus marcidus, Trochus pulligo

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Dusky tegulaEnglish
  • Dusky turbanEnglish
  • Northern brown turbanEnglish
  • Düstere TurbanschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown turban

Other species in the same genus Tegula.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown turban?

The brown turban (Tegula pulligo) 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 turban (Tegula pulligo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-turban

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{brown_turban_2026,
  title = {Brown turban (Tegula pulligo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-turban},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}