Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tegula

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Tegula was named by Lesson (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 554]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus pellisserpentis.

It was assigned to Monodontinae by Abbott (1974); to Trochidae by Durham (1944), Weisbord (1962), Addicott (1970), Todd (2001); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Tegulinae by Kuroda et al. (1971), Bouchet et al. (2005), Squires and Saul (2005), DeVries (2007); and to Tegulidae by Alf (2019).

Species
Agathistoma antiqua, Agathistoma eiseni (syn. T. ligulatus, T. (Agathistoma) mendella), Agathistoma excavata, Agathistoma fasciata, Agathistoma panamensis, Agathistoma paraguanensis, Agathistoma patagonicum, Agathistoma verrucosa, Agathistoma viridula, Promartynia pulligo (syn. Trochus marcidus), T. (Tegula), T. forbesi, T. jeanae, T. marylandicum, T. masiasi, T. melaleucos, T. pellisserpentis (syn. T. elegans), T. reticulata, T. rugosa, T. thea, T. tridentata, T. varistriata
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. abavus, T. americanus, T. brunneri, T. calusa, T. claibornensis, T. cooksoni, T. exoleta, T. exoleta, T. exoluta, T. fasciata, T. fasciatum, T. fasciatum, T. felipensis, T. gallina, T. gallina, T. jeguaensis, T. lindae, T. lividomaculata, T. marcida, T. mariana, T. mariana, T. orbignyana, T. panamensis, T. phalera, T. phalera, T. princeps, T. puntagordana, T. puntagordanum, T. rubroflammulata, T. rugata, T. rustica, T. rustica, T. snodgrassi, T. stantoni, T. trilirata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Tegula Lesson
1937Tegula (Promartynia) Webb p. 345
1944Tegula Durham p. 155
1962Tegula Weisbord p. 75
1962Tegula (Agathistoma) Weisbord p. 75
1970Tegula Addicott p. 41
1971Tegula Kuroda et al. p. 57
1974Tegula Abbott p. 49
2001Tegula Todd
2001Tegula (Agathistoma) Todd
2002Agathistoma Sepkoski
2002Promartynia Sepkoski
2002Tegula Sepkoski
2005Tegula Bouchet et al. pp. 168, 245
2005Tegula Squires and Saul p. 135
2007Tegula DeVries p. 164
2007Agathistoma DeVries p. 173
2016Agathistoma Landau et al. p. 11
2019Tegula Alf p. 2

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTegulidae(Kuroda et al. 1971)
genusTegulaLesson 1835

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tegula Lesson 1835
show all | hide all
Subg. Tegula (Tegula) Lesson 1835
†Tegula forbesi Dall and Oschner 1928
†Tegula jeanae Squires and Saul 2005
†Tegula marylandicum Martin 1904
†Tegula masiasi DeVries 2007
Tegula melaleucos Jonas 1844
hide
Invalid names: Tegula elegans Lesson 1835 [synonym]
Tegula rugosa Adams 1853 [rough top shell]
†Tegula thea Nomland 1917
Tegula tridentata Potiez and Michaud 1838
†Tegula varistriata Nomland 1917
Invalid names: Agathistoma [synonym], Promartynia [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Alf 2019Shell small to medium in size, sturdy with dome-like spire or coniform; periphery sharply angulate or rounded; sculpture smooth, spiral, or rugose. Umbilicus open in juvenile shells, opened in mature specimens or covered with callus, leaving broad umbilical depression. Columellar wall arched, columella with denticles, largest one at termination of spiral cord bordering or passing into umbilical cavity; aperture oblique, sometimes with lirations inside, interior nacreous, white or brightly colored. Operculum uncalcified. Color always dark, usually gray, black, or brown.