''Tugali elegans'' is a species of large

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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in the Family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tugali elegans Gray, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598188 on 2013-01-21

References

* Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979
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Fissurellidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1843 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Fissurellidae-stub