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Speckled tegula

Tegula gallina (Forbes, 1852)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the speckled 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 speckled tegula live?

Not recorded

Is the speckled 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 speckled tegula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTegulidae
  6. genusTegula
  7. SpeciesTegula gallina (Forbes, 1852)

Synonyms Chlorostoma gallina, Chlorostoma gallina var. multifilosa, Chlorostoma gallina var. tincta, Chlorostoma gallina var. umbilicatum, Trochus gallina, Trochus pyriformis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Turbante manchadoSpanish
  • Тегула крапчатаяRussian
  • Speckled Turbanroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the speckled tegula

Other species in the same genus Tegula.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the speckled tegula?

The speckled tegula (Tegula gallina) belongs to the family Tegulidae in the order Trochida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Speckled tegula (Tegula gallina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-tegula

MLA

“Speckled tegula (Tegula gallina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-tegula.

BibTeX
@misc{speckled_tegula_2026,
  title = {Speckled tegula (Tegula gallina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/speckled-tegula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}