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Tegella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae

Taxonomy
Tegella is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calloporidae by Bassler (1953), Bock (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Tegella Bassler p. G166
2002Tegella Sepkoski
2006Tegella Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyCalloporoideaNorman 1903
familyCalloporidaeNorman 1903
genusTegella

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:53:00
Modified: 2008-02-27 03:56:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland T. sp. (75197 75200)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland T. sp. (75205)