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Tegula atra

Tegula atra

(Lesson, 1830)
Tégula Negra

Family: Tegulidae
Order: Trochida
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Tegula atra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.

 The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 62 mm. The heavy, solid, imperforate shell has a conical shape and is more or less depressed. It is lusterless black. The about six whorls are, moderately convex, separated by impressed sutures. They are smooth, except for slight incremental striae. The body whorl is more or less depressed, and rounded or subangular at the periphery. The base of the shell is flattened, concave in the center, eroded and light purplish in front of the aperture. The aperture is very oblique. The outer lip is black-margined, smooth and pearly within. The columella is oblique, obtusely dentate in the middle. The umbilico-columellar tract is covered by a white callus, excavated at the position of the umbilicus, and bearing a spiral rib.

Distribution: This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Strait of Magellan (Chile) to Peru.

Source: Wikipedia, article Tegula atra. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 231286
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Quenuir
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
11/13/2017
Eduardo Nadal
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Photography ID: 190395
  Adult

Niebla
Región de Los Ríos
Chile
01/20/2017
Nicolas Olejnik


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
156411911/03/2022ChileRegión de Los LagosPuñihuil, ChiloéNicolas Olejnik
85682905/12/2018ChileRegión de Los LagosPucatrihueNicolas Olejnik
64869713/11/2017ChileRegión de Los LagosQuenuirEduardo Nadal
53613120/01/2017ChileRegión de Los RíosNieblaNicolas Olejnik
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Tegula atra – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.