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Tectonatica pusilla

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica pusilla was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Recent; Massachusetts-circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Natica (Cryptonatica) pusilla by Dall (1892); it was recombined as Tectonatica pusilla by Woodring (1928) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Natica mino, Natica platabasis, Natica semen, Natica violacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Natica pusilla Say p. 257
1859Natica pusilla Holmes p. 80
1892Natica (Cryptonatica) pusilla Dall p. 367
1928Tectonatica pusilla Woodring p. 384
2008Tectonatica pusilla Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyNaticinaeGuilding 1834
genusTectonaticaSacco 1890
speciespusilla(Say 1822)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available