Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Alternative combination: Tegula eiseni
Synonyms: Tegula (Agathistoma) mendella McLean 1964, Tegula ligulatus Oldroyd 1925
Belongs to Agathistoma according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Alf 2019, Dornellas et al. 2020 and Marincovich 1976
Sister taxa: Tegula (Tegula), Tegula forbesi, Tegula jeanae, Tegula marylandicum, Tegula masiasi, Tegula melaleucos, Tegula pellisserpentis, Tegula reticulata, Tegula rugosa, Tegula thea, Tegula tridentata, Tegula varistriata, Promartynia pulligo, Agathistoma verrucosa, Agathistoma paraguanensis, Agathistoma excavata, Agathistoma antiqua, Agathistoma viridula, Agathistoma panamensis, Agathistoma fasciata, Agathistoma patagonicum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (17 collections), United States (12: California)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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