Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Alternative spelling: Tugalia
Parent taxon: Emarginulinae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960
See also Bartrum 1919, Kensley and Pether 1986, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Emarginulina, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Fissurellideini, Loxotoma, Notomella, Retshitsella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scelidotoma, Scutini
Subtaxa: Tugali (Parmophoridea) Tugali (Tugali) Tugali barnardi Tugali cicatricosa Tugali parmophoidea
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2 collections), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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