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Tegula

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Tegula was named by Lesson (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 554]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus pellisserpentis.

It was assigned to Monodontinae by Abbott (1974); to Trochidae by Durham (1944), Weisbord (1962), Addicott (1970) and Todd (2001); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tegulinae by Kuroda et al. (1971), Bouchet et al. (2005), Squires and Saul (2005) and DeVries (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Tegula Lesson
1944Tegula Durham p. 155
1962Tegula Weisbord p. 75
1970Tegula Addicott p. 41
1971Tegula Kuroda et al. p. 57
1974Tegula Abbott p. 49
2001Tegula Todd
2002Tegula Sepkoski
2005Tegula Bouchet et al. pp. 168, 245
2005Tegula Squires and Saul p. 135
2007Tegula DeVries p. 164

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

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. Tegula Lesson 1835
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Subg. Tegula (Tegula) Lesson 1835
†Tegula forbesi Dall and Oschner 1928
†Tegula jeanae Squires and Saul 2005
†Tegula marylandicum Martin 1904
†Tegula masiasi DeVries 2007
Tegula melaleucos Jonas 1844
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Invalid names: Tegula elegans Lesson 1835 [synonym]
†Tegula thea Nomland 1917
Tegula tridentata Potiez and Michaud 1838
†Tegula varistriata Nomland 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available