Tegula brunnea, common name the brown turban snail, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae, .

[2][3] This is an Eastern Pacific Ocean species which was previously known as Chlorostoma brunnea.

The about seven whorls are convex, smooth, and obliquely lightly striate.

The base of the shell is depressed and deeply concave in the center.

[4] This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon to Santa Barbara Islands, California, USA