''Tectura'' is a

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of small to medium-sized

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, true

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...

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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 Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the family

Lottiidae Lottiidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocr ...

.Gofas, S. (2011). Tectura. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142 on 2011-02-08 Tectura comes from Latin tegō ("I cover").

Species

Species in the genus ''Tectura'' include:''Tectura''
. NMR Collection Database, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, accessed 5 December 2009. * '' Tectura depicta'' (Hinds, 1842) * '' Tectura filosa'' (Carpenter, 1865) * ''

Tectura palacea ''Tectura palacea'', common names the surfgrass limpet or chaffy limpet, also spelled chaffey limpet, is a species of small sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae. The shell of this small limpet is about 6� ...

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Tectura pusilla ''Tectura'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Tectura. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' Jeffreys, 1883 * '' Tectura rosacea'' (Carpenter, 1864) * '' Tectura tenera'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) * '' Tectura virginea'' (

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, 1776) - white tortoiseshell limpet ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Tectura antillarum'' (Sowerby I, 1831): synonym of ''

Lottia antillarum ''Lottia antillarum'' is a species of limpet in the family Lottiidae. It is commonly known as the Antilles limpet.' ...

'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 * ''Tectura coppingeri'' E. A. Smith, 1881: synonym of '' Iothia emarginuloides'' (Philippi, 1868) * ''Tectura fenestrata'' (Reeve, 1855): synonym of '' Lottia fenestrata'' (Reeve, 1855) * ''Tectura fluviatilis'' Blanford, 1867: synonym of '' Potamacmaea fluviatilis'' (Blanford, 1867) * ''Tectura fulva'' (Müller O.F., 1776): synonym of ''

Iothia fulva ''Iothia fulva'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae Lepetidae is a family (biology), family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs i ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1776) * ''Tectura persona'' (Rathke, 1833): synonym of '' Lottia persona'' (Rathke, 1833) * ''Tectura radiata'' Pease, 1860: synonym of ''

Williamia radiata ''Williamia'' is a genus of small sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false (air-breathing) limpets.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Williamia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: Worl ...

'' (Pease, 1860) * ''Tectura reticulata'' Seguenza, 1876: synonym of '' Veleropilina reticulata'' (Seguenza, 1876) * ''Tectura rugosa'' Jeffreys, 1883: synonym of ''

'' (O. F. Müller, 1776) * ''Tectura scutum'' Eschscholtz, 1833: synonym of '' Lottia scutum'' (Rathke, 1833) * ''Tectura tahitensis'' Pease, 1868: synonym of '' Cellana taitensis'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Tectura tessulata'' (O. F. Müller, 1776): synonym of ''

Testudinalia testudinalis ''Testudinalia testudinalis'', common name the common tortoise limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is commonly known as the plant limpet or ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1776) * ''Tectura testudinalis'' (O. F. Müller, 1776)- Common tortoiseshell limpet : synonym of the accepted name''

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References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 Lottiidae Gastropod genera {{Lottiidae-stub