Tectura
| Tectura | |
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| A live individual of Tectura palacea on a blade of Phyllospadix seagrass | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tecturinae |
| Genus: | Tectura Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Patella parva da Costa, 1778
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| Synonyms | |
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Acmaea (Tectura) Gray, 1847 | |
Tectura is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae.[1] Tectura comes from Latin tegō ("I cover").
Species[edit]
Species in the genus Tectura include:[2]
- Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
- Tectura filosa (Carpenter, 1865)
- Tectura palacea (Gould, 1853)
- Tectura pusilla Jeffreys, 1883
- Tectura rosacea (Carpenter, 1864)
- Tectura tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845)
- Tectura virginea (Müller, 1776) - White tortoiseshell limpet
- Species brought into synonymy
- Tectura antillarum (Sowerby I, 1831): synonym of Lottia antillarum 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 (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Tectura persona (Rathke, 1833): synonym of Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833)
- Tectura radiata Pease, 1860: synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)
- Tectura reticulata Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Veleropilina reticulata (Seguenza, 1876)
- Tectura rugosa Jeffreys, 1883: synonym of Iothia fulva (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 (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)- Common tortoiseshell limpet : synonym of the accepted name Testudinalia testudinalis (Müller, 1776)
References[edit]
- ^ 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 Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. NMR Collection Database, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, accessed 5 December 2009.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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
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