Tegulidae

Tegulidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family:	Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Genera and species
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Synonyms
Tegulinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

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

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

Genera

Genera within the family Tegulidae include:

• Chlorostoma Swainson, 1840
• Cittarium Philippi, 1847
• Norrisia Bayle, 1880
• Omphalius Philippi, 1847
• Tectus Montfort, 1810
• Tegula Lesson, 1832

Genera brought into synonymy

• Agathistoma Olsson & Harbison, 1953: synonym of Tegula Lesson, 1832
• Cardinalia Gray, 1842: synonym of Tectus Montfort, 1810
• Livona Gray, 1842: synonym of Cittarium Philippi, 1847
• 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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