Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Parent taxon: Tegulinae according to T. J. DeVries 2007
See also Abbott 1974, Addicott 1970, Bouchet et al. 2005, Durham 1944, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Saul 2005, Todd 2001 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Agathistoma, Cantallocostoma, Intistoma, Stearnsium
Subtaxa: Tegula (Tegula) Tegula forbesi Tegula jeanae Tegula marylandicum Tegula masiasi Tegula melaleucos Tegula pellisserpentis Tegula thea Tegula tridentata Tegula varistriata
Type: Trochus pellisserpentis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (3), Chile (8), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (8), Panama (1), Peru (3), United States (15: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), United States (3: California, Florida, Oregon), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Japan (1), Peru (3), United States (9: California, Delaware, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (3: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 75 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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