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Tethys

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q16679384
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Tethys

Summary

Tethys is a taxon[1]. Tethys ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tethys's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tethys is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tethys belongs to the parent taxon Tethydidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tethys is Tethys[6].
  • Tethys's Commons category is recorded as Tethys (genus)[7].
  • Tethys's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tethys (genus)[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tethys is Tethys[6]. Tethys is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Tethys is classified within Tethydidae[5].

Identifiers

Tethys's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 525278[9]. Tethys's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 252555[10]. Tethys's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46450842[11]. Tethys's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9613733[12]. Tethys's ITIS TSN is recorded as 78526[13].

Why It Matters

Tethys ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Tethys has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Tethydidae
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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