''Tectarius'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Names
In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from ...
, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Species within the genus ''Tectarius'' include:
* ''
Tectarius antonii''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''
Tectarius coronatus''
Valenciennes, 1833
* ''
Tectarius cumingii''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''
Tectarius grandinatus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Tectarius niuensis''
Reid & Geller, 1997
* ''
Tectarius pagodus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Tectarius rusticus''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''
Tectarius spinulosus''
(Philippi, 1847)
* ''
Tectarius striatus''
(King & Broderip, 1832)
* ''
Tectarius tectumpersicum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Tectarius viviparus''
(Rosewater, 1982)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Tectarius bullatus''
(Martyn, 1784): synonym of ''
Tectarius grandinatus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Tectarius feejeensis''
(Reeve, 1857): synonym of ''
Echinolittorina feejeensis
''Echinolittorina feejeensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorph ...
''
(Reeve, 1857)
* ''Tectarius granosus''
(Philippi, 1845):
synonym of ''
Echinolittorina granosa
''Echinolittorina granosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officiall ...
''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''Tectarius miliaris''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of ''
Echinolittorina miliaris''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''Tectarius montrouzieri''
P. Fischer, 1878: synonym of ''
Perrinia angulifera
''Perrinia angulifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Perrinia angulifera'' (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''Tectarius muricatus''
(Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''
Cenchritis muricatus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus ''Tectarius (Echininus)'' represented as ''
Echininus''
Clench & Abbott, 1942 (
alternate representation)
References
Further reading
* Bandel, K. & D. Kadolsky (1982). ''Western Atlantic Species of Nodolittorina (Gastropda: Prosobranchia): comparative morphology and its functional, ecological, phylogenetic and taxonomic implications''. Veliger 25 (1): 1-42.
* Reid D.G. (1989). ''Systematic revision of the Recent species of Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae), with notes on the fossil species.'' The Nautilus 103(2): 43-69
* Reid D.G. & Geller J.B. (1997).'' A new ovoviviparious species of Tectarius (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from Niue, South Pacific, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus''. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63:207-233
External links
*
Littorinidae
Gastropod genera
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