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Tectus

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Tectus Monfort
1905Trochus (Tectus) Martin p. 279
1928Trochus (Tectus) Vredenburg p. 405
1955Tectus Allison p. 410
1961Trochus (Tectus) Dey
1966Tectus Ladd p. 38
1987Tectus Short and Potter p. 10
1993Tectus Wilson p. 89
2002Tectus Sepkoski
2004Tectus Harzhauser p. 107
2007Tectus Harzhauser p. 83
2009Tectus Harzhauser et al. p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrochinaeRafinesque 1815
genusTectusMonfort 1810

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. Tectus Monfort 1810
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Tectus (Rochia) niloticus Linnaeus 1767
Subg. Tectus (Tectus) Montfort 1810
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Tectus (Tectus) texanus Roemer 1888
Tectus cognatus Sowerby 1840
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791
Tectus guerangeri d'Orbigny 1842
Tectus insignis Michelotti 1861
Tectus japonicus Horikoshi 1958
Tectus loryi d'Archaic and Haime 1853
Tectus lucasianus Brongniart 1823
Tectus plicatoides Sacco 1896
Tectus pyramis Born 1778
Tectus thalmanni Allison 1955
Tectus tjilonganensis Martin 1905
Tectus vulgatus Reuss 1854
Trochus (Tectus) marshalli Trechmann 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 227.3 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3New Zealand Trochus marshalli (201932)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (235315)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) T. texanus, T. thalmanni (1881) T. tomasensis (1878)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) T. huoti (1864)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) T. guerangeri, T. vulgatus (94265)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France T. funatus (3731)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran T. tamulicus (87113)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) T. sp. (163009 163014 163028)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France T. sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium T. carinadentatus, T. houzeaui (22931)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria T. africanus (7791)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland T. sp. (27018 27019)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India T. sp. (145510)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Trochus margaritaceus (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France T. crenularis, T. ornatus, T. thiara, T. moniliferus, T. mitratus (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Italy T. saemanni (177603)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Croatia Trochus lucasianus (124308)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania T. margaritaceus (101967 102168 102169)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy T. mitratus, T. granellensis (78565)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Trochus lucasianus (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Trochus lucasianus (77157)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy Trochus lucasianus (81044)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran T. lucasianus (76196 76197 76198) T. sp. (76199)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bulgaria (Ivaylovgrad) T. lucasianus (103767)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy T. plicatoides, T. insignis (180394)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Christmas Island T. pyramis (209824) T. sp. (209825)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Oman T. loryi (75608)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Greece T. lucasianus (74634 74635)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Trochus cognatus (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Trochus cognatus (77171)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sri Lanka T. loryi (77646 77650)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India T. cognatus (111230)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka T. loryi (77475 77477)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy T. rugosus, T. vertex (178108) T. vertex (178110)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) T. japonicus (176560)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Hiroshima) T. japonicus (51422 51423)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia T. martini (70085) Trochus bomasensis (70086)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan T. pyramis (191446)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) T. conus, T. japonicus (176546)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) T. pyramis (42224)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42294)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Fiji T. bomasensis (78063)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Trochus fenestratus (70079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42344 42348 42363 42380)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. dentatus (198576)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Vanuatu T. mauritianus, T. niloticus (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42355 42356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. dentatus, T. virgatus (192719 192720) T. virgatus, T. dendatus (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga T. pyramis (78075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands T. pyramis (77941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya T. mauritianus (81080 81081 81082 81089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea T. dentatus (80719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles T. mauritianus (80965 80966 81006 81011 81013)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) T. fenestratus (63320) T. fenestratus, T. pyramis (63317 63319 63321) T. pyramis (63318 63355 63356)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) T. pyramis (191983)