Tectonatica
Encyclopedia
Tectonatica is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Naticidae
, the moon snails.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Naticidae
Naticidae
Naticidae, common name the moon snails, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea....
, the moon snails.
Species
Species within the genus Tectonatica include:- Tectonatica bougei (Sowerby, 1908)
- Tectonatica imperviaTectonatica imperviaTectonatica impervia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
(Philippi, 1845) - Tectonatica micra (Haas, 1953)
- Tectonatica pavimentum (RecluzRécluzRécluz is a surname.* Constant A. Récluz , malacologist from France* Paul Récluz , malacologist from France...
, 1844) - Tectonatica pusillaTectonatica pusillaTectonatica pusilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
(SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1822) - Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby , 1894)
- Tectonatica rizzaeTectonatica rizzaeTectonatica rizzae is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....
(Philippi, 1844) - Tectonatica sagraianaTectonatica sagraianaTectonatica sagraiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Distribution:...
(d'Orbigny, 1842) - Tectonatica suffusa (ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1855) - Tectonatica sagraianaTectonatica sagraianaTectonatica sagraiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Distribution:...
(d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1842) - Tectonatica zonulata (Thiele, 1930)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845) : synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
External links
- Huelsken, T. et al. (2008) The NaticidaeNaticidaeNaticidae, common name the moon snails, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea....
(MolluscaMolluscaThe Mollusca , common name molluscs or mollusksSpelled mollusks in the USA, see reasons given in Rosenberg's ; for the spelling mollusc see the reasons given by , is a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant species of molluscs. Mollusca is the largest...
: GastropodaGastropodaThe Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large...
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