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).
This was for a long time considered to be a subfamily (Tegulinae) within the family Turbinidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Tegulidae include:
- Agathistoma <small>Olsson & Harbison, 1953</small>
- Callistele <small>Cotton & Godfrey, 1935</small>
- Carolesia <small>Güller & Zelaya, 2014</small>
- Cittarium <small>Philippi, 1847</small>
- Norrisia <small>Bayle, 1880</small>
- Rochia <small>Gray, 1857</small>
- Tectus <small>Montfort, 1810</small>
- Tegula <small>Lesson, 1832</small>
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Cardinalia <small>Gray, 1842</small>: synonym of Tectus <small>Montfort, 1810</small>
- Chlorostoma <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Tegula <small>Lesson, 1832</small> (junior synonym)
- Livona <small>Gray, 1842</small>: synonym of Cittarium <small>Philippi, 1847</small>
- Meleagris <small>Montfort, 1810</small>: synonym of Cittarium <small>Philippi, 1847</small> (invalid: not Meleagris <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> [Aves]; Cittarium is a replacement name)
- Neomphalius <small>P. Fischer, 1885</small>: synonym of Tegula <small>Lesson, 1832</small> (unnecessary substitute name for Omphalius Philippi, 1847, by Fischer treated as a junior homonym of Omphalia de Haan, 1825)
- Omphalius <small>Philippi, 1847</small>: synonym of Tegula <small>Lesson, 1832</small>
- Promartynia <small>Dall, 1909</small>: synonym of Tegula <small>Lesson, 1832</small>
- Pyramidea <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Tectus <small>Montfort, 1810</small>
- Pyramis <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of Tectus <small>Montfort, 1810</small>
- Trochiscus <small>G. B. Sowerby I, 1838</small>: synonym of Norrisia <small>Bayle, 1880</small>
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