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Phrontis tegula (western mud nassa)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Nassa tegula was named by Reeve (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arcularia tegula by Dall (1917); it was recombined as Alectrion (Zeuxis) tegula by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Alectrion tegulus by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) tegulus by Oldroyd (1927); it was recombined as Alectrion (Schizopyga) tegula by Oldroyd (1927); it was recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) tegula by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nassarius tegulus by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Nassarius tegula by Kern (1971); it was recombined as Phrontis tegula by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Nassa tegula Reeve figs. pl. 15, fig. 98
1917Arcularia tegula Dall p. 577
1921Alectrion (Zeuxis) tegula Dall p. 103
1926Alectrion tegulus Jordan p. 245
1927Alectrion (Schizopyga) tegula Oldroyd p. 267 figs. Pl. 26, Fig. 10
1927Alectrion (Schizopyga) tegulus Oldroyd p. 267 figs. Pl. 26, Fig. 10
1931Nassarius (Nassarius) tegula Grant, IV and Gale p. 671 figs. Plate 26, Figure 43
1941Nassarius tegulus DeLong p. 241
1971Nassarius tegula Kern
2021Phrontis tegula Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
genusPhrontisAdams and Adams 1853
speciestegula(Reeve 1853)

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.

Phrontis tegula Reeve 1853 [western mud nassa]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Nassarius tegulus (96565)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Nassa tegula (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa tegula (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nassa tegula (96566 222659 222660 222661 222662) Nassarius tegula (28157 59063 96589 96895 96930 96936 96937 96938 240612) Nassarius tegulus (160361 219029 219030)