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title: "Black Tegula"
description: "Tegula funebralis — Weitere Tiere. Tegula funebralis, the black turban snail or black tegula, is a species of medium-sized marine sea snail in the family Tegulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-tegula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Tegula

> Tegula funebralis — Weitere Tiere. Tegula funebralis, the black turban snail or black tegula, is a species of medium-sized marine sea snail in the family Tegulidae.

- Scientific name: *Tegula funebralis*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 12515
- Wikidata: [Q3137597](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137597)
- iNaturalist taxon: [460365](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/460365)

## Names

- en: Black Tegula
- es: Caracol de turbante negro

## Countries with the most observations

US (9951), CA (1222), MX (102)

## Summary

Tegula funebralis, the black turban snail or black tegula, is a species of medium-sized marine sea snail in the family Tegulidae. This eastern Pacific Ocean species was previously known as Chlorostoma funebralis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegula_funebralis

## Photo

![Black Tegula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tegula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6818413

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tegula?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).