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Monterey tegula

Tegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the monterey 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 monterey tegula live?

Not recorded

Is the monterey 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 monterey tegula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTegulidae
  6. genusTegula
  7. SpeciesTegula montereyi (Kiener, 1850)

Synonyms Chlorostoma montereyi, Trochus montereyi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the monterey tegula

Other species in the same genus Tegula.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the monterey tegula?

The monterey tegula (Tegula montereyi) 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). Monterey tegula (Tegula montereyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/monterey-tegula

MLA

“Monterey tegula (Tegula montereyi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/monterey-tegula.

BibTeX
@misc{monterey_tegula_2026,
  title = {Monterey tegula (Tegula montereyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/monterey-tegula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}