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Tectus

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Tectus was named by Monfort (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus mauritianus.

It was reranked as Trochus (Tectus) by Martin (1905), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961).

It was assigned to Trochus by Martin (1905), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961); to Trochidae by Ladd (1966) and Short and Potter (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Trochini by Harzhauser (2007); and to Trochinae by Allison (1955), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2004) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

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): 228.0 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0New Zealand Trochus marshalli (201932)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) T. texanus, T. thalmanni (1881) T. tomasensis (1878)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) T. huoti (1864)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) T. guerangeri, T. vulgatus (94265)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France T. funatus (3731)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) T. sp. (163009 163014 163028)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Iran T. tamulicus (87113)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France T. sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium T. carinadentatus, T. houzeaui (22931)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria T. africanus (7791)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland T. sp. (27018 27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India T. sp. (145510)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy T. saemanni (177603)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France T. crenularis, T. ornatus, T. thiara, T. moniliferus, T. mitratus (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Trochus lucasianus (124308)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Trochus margaritaceus (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy T. mitratus, T. granellensis (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Trochus lucasianus (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania T. margaritaceus (101967 102168 102169)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Trochus lucasianus (77157)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Trochus lucasianus (81044)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran T. lucasianus (76196 76197 76198) T. sp. (76199)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Ivaylovgrad) T. lucasianus (103767)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Italy T. plicatoides, T. insignis (180394)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Christmas Island T. pyramis (209824) T. sp. (209825)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece T. lucasianus (74634 74635)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman T. loryi (75608)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Trochus cognatus (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Sri Lanka T. loryi (77646 77650)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Trochus cognatus (77171)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy T. rugosus, T. vertex (178108) T. vertex (178110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India T. cognatus (111230)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Sri Lanka T. loryi (77475 77477)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) T. japonicus (176560)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) T. japonicus (51422 51423)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia T. martini (70085) Trochus bomasensis (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan T. pyramis (191446)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) T. conus, T. japonicus (176546)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) T. pyramis (42224)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Fiji T. bomasensis (78063)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42294)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Trochus fenestratus (70079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) Trochus niloticus (42344 42348 42363 42380)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. dentatus (198576)
Pleistocene2.588 - 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 - 0.0117Eritrea T. dentatus (80719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga T. pyramis (78075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. dentatus, T. virgatus (192719 192720) T. virgatus, T. dendatus (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles T. mauritianus (80965 80966 81006 81011 81013)
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 - 0.0117Australia (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)