Tugalina gigas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Tugalina gigas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Tugalina
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Tugalina gigas
(Martens, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scelidotoma gigas (Martens, 1881)
  • Subemarginula gigas Martens, 1881
  • Tugali (Tugalina) gigas (Martens, 1881) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
  • Tugali gigas (Martens, 1881) · unaccepted
  • Tugalia gigas Martens, 1881

Habitat

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This species is found in the following habitats:[1]

  • Brackish
  • Marine

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tugalina gigas (Martens, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1484809 on 2022-11-09
  2. ^ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
  • Sasaki T. (2017). Family Fissurellidae. Pp. 775-779, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
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