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Tegulidae

Family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tegulidae
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Tegulidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

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This was for a long time considered to be a subfamily (Tegulinae) within the family Turbinidae.

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Genera

Genera within the family Tegulidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Cardinalia Gray, 1842: synonym of Tectus 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 [Aves]; 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 Montfort, 1810
  • Pyramis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Tectus Montfort, 1810
  • Trochiscus G. B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of Norrisia Bayle, 1880
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