Tegula montereyi Monterey tegula

Tegula montereyi is commonly referred to as Monterey tegula. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10946 

AphiaID:

534193 

Scientific:

Tegula montereyi 

German:

Monterey Tegula 

English:

Monterey Tegula 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Tegulidae (Family) > Tegula (Genus) > montereyi (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Kiener, ), 1850 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,8cm - 4,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tegula atra
  Ziegelschnecke
• Tegula aureotincta
• 
  Tegula brunnea
  Braune Tegula, Braune Turboschnecke
• Tegula eiseni
• Tegula euryomphala
• Tegula excavata
• Tegula fasciata
• 
  Tegula funebralis
  Schwarze Turbanschnecke, Schwarze Tegula
• 
  Tegula gallina
  Gesprenkelte Tegula, Gesprenkelte Turbanschnecke
• Tegula gruneri
• Tegula hotessieriana
• Tegula ignota
• Tegula ligulata
• Tegula lividomaculata
• Tegula luctuosa
• Tegula mariana
• 
  Tegula montereyi
  Monterey Tegula
• Tegula patagonica
• Tegula pellisserpentis
• Tegula pfeifferi
• Tegula pulligo
• Tegula puntagordana
• Tegula quadricostata
• Tegula regina
• Tegula rugosa
• Tegula tridentata
• Tegula viridula
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-08-02 18:10:44 

Last edit:

2026-02-12 12:52:17 

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