Tegula regina
Species of gastropod

Tegula regina, common name the "queen tegula", is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.
“Tegula regina” enters the record as species of gastropod. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tegula, regina and Species can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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