Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Alternative spelling: Trochus (Tectus)
Parent taxon: Trochinae according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Allison 1955, Dey 1961, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002, Vredenburg 1928 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Alcyna, Calthalotia, Cantharidella, Cantharidini, Cantharidus, Clanculus, Discotectus, Eurytrochus, Fagnastesia, Infundibulum, Monodonta, Nanula, Notogibbula, Phasianotrochus, Plectotrochus, Pyramis, Thoristella, Tosatrochus, Trochini, Chlorodiloma, Austrocochlea, Osilinus, Phorculus, Diloma, Timisia
Subtaxa: Tectus (Rochia) Tectus (Tectus) Tectus cognatus Tectus fenestratus Tectus guerangeri Tectus insignis Tectus japonicus Tectus loryi Tectus lucasianus Tectus plicatoides Tectus pyramis Tectus thalmanni Tectus tjilonganensis Tectus vulgatus Trochus (Tectus) marshalli
Type: Trochus mauritianus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), Eritrea (1), Japan (7), Kenya (4), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Saudi Arabia (4), the Seychelles (5), Tonga (1), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1)
• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (2), Japan (5), Pakistan (1), Sri Lanka (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Christmas Island (2)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), Greece (2), Iran (4), Italy (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Romania (3)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), India (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (2)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of New Zealand (1)
Total: 90 collections including 108 occurrences
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