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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Trochida
Superfamilia: Trochoidea

Familia: Tegulidae
Genera (9): Callistele – Carolesia – Chlorostoma – CittariumNorrisia – Omphalius – RochiaTectus – Tegula
Name

Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Type genus: Tegula Lesson, 1832

Synonyms

Tegulinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

References
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Tegulidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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]

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 Montfort, 1810
Tegula Lesson, 1832

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

References

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

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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