Tegulidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of small to large
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the superfamily
Trochoidea (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715868 on 2013-12-10]
This was for a long time considered to be a subfamily (Tegulinae) within the family
Turbinidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Tegulidae include:
* ''
Agathistoma''
Olsson & Harbison, 1953
* ''
Callistele''
Cotton & Godfrey, 1935
* ''
Carolesia''
Güller & Zelaya, 2014
* ''
Cittarium''
Philippi, 1847
* ''
Norrisia''
Bayle, 1880
* ''
Rochia''
Gray, 1857
* ''
Tectus
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Tegulidae.
Description
The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal Aperture (mollusc), ...
''
Montfort, 1810
* ''
Tegula''
Lesson, 1832
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Cardinalia''
Gray, 1842: synonym of ''
Tectus
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Tegulidae.
Description
The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal Aperture (mollusc), ...
''
Montfort, 1810
* ''
Chlorostoma''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''
Tegula''
Lesson, 1832 (junior synonym)
* ''Livona''
Gray, 1842: synonym of ''
Cittarium''
Philippi, 1847
* ''Meleagris''
Montfort, 1810: synonym of ''
Cittarium''
Philippi, 1847 (invalid: not ''Meleagris''
Linnaeus, 1758 ves ''Cittarium'' is a replacement name)
* ''Neomphalius''
P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''Tegula''
Lesson, 1832 (unnecessary substitute name for Omphalius Philippi, 1847, by Fischer treated as a junior homonym of Omphalia de Haan, 1825)
* ''
Omphalius''
Philippi, 1847: synonym of ''
Tegula''
Lesson, 1832
* ''Promartynia''
Dall, 1909: synonym of ''
Tegula''
Lesson, 1832
* ''Pyramidea''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''
Tectus
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Tegulidae.
Description
The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal Aperture (mollusc), ...
''
Montfort, 1810
* ''Pyramis''
Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''
Tectus
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Tegulidae.
Description
The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal Aperture (mollusc), ...
''
Montfort, 1810
* ''Trochiscus''
G. B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of ''
Norrisia''
Bayle, 1880
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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