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Tegula melaleucos

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Trochus melaleucos was named by Jonas (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Peru.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tegula melaleucos by DeVries (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. mariana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Trochus melaleucos Jonas p. 169
2007Tegula melaleucos DeVries p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTegulidae(Kuroda et al. 1971)
genusTegulaLesson 1835
speciesmelaleucos(Jonas 1844)

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.

Tegula melaleucos Jonas 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available