Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Littorinimorpha |
| Family: Naticidae |
| Genus: Tectonatica |
| Species: Tectonatica pusilla (Say, 1822) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Anastasia Formation [Uncommon] |
| Flanner Beach Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Fort Thompson Formation [Uncommon] |
| Neuse Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Pamlico Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Satilla Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Bermont Formation [Common] |
| Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Bear Bluff Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| James City Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Nashua Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Common] |
| Croatan Formation (Lower) |
| Duplin Formation [Common] |
| Duplin / Raysor Formations [Questionable/rare] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Common] |
| Raysor Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
| Yorktown Formation [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Say, 1822, p. 257):
“Shell thin, suboval, cinereous or rufous, with sometimes one or two obsolete, dilated, revolving bands; columella callous; callus pressed laterally into the umbilicus, whitish; umbilicus nearly closed and consisting only of an arquated, linear, vertical aperture.
Length about a quarter of an inch.
Inhabits the southern coast.
Cabinet of the Academy and Philadelphia Museum.
A small species, generally mistaken for the young of one of the preceding species.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.
References: n/a
Online resources:
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 27, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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