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Gilded Tegula
Tegula aureotincta
1,300 observations in the source records
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 1,300 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Banded TegulaAgathistoma eiseni
Black TegulaTegula funebralis
Speckled TegulaTegula gallina
Brown TegulaTegula brunnea
Common PeriwinkleLittorina littorea
Dark UnicornMexacanthina lugubris
Norris's TopsnailNorrisia norrisii
Newcomb's Littorine SnailLittorina subrotundata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 942 |
|---|---|
| California | 942 |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Baja California | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Molluscs · Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropods · Gastropoda |
| Order | Trochida |
| Family | Tegulidae |
| Genus | Tegula |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Gilded Tegula with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.