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Tectus (Rochia)

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Rochia was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trochus (Rochia) by Ladd (1934); it was reranked as Tectus (Rochia) by Ladd (1966).

It was assigned to Trochus by Ladd (1934); to Tectus by Ladd (1966); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Trochus (Rochia) Ladd p. 202
1966Tectus (Rochia) Ladd p. 39
2002Rochia Sepkoski

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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
subgenusRochia

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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Tectus (Rochia) niloticus Linnaeus 1767
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: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42294)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42344 42348 42363 42380)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Tectus niloticus (78042)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42355 42356)