Tectonatica impervia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
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| Shell of Tectonatica impervia (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Tectonatica |
| Species: | T. impervia
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| Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845)
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Description
editDistribution
editThis marine species occurs off Chile.
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 460 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845). WoRMS (2009). Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197465 on 17 June 2010 .
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
External links
edit- Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71.
- Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1885). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 9(3): 100-111
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
- Di Luca, J. & Zelaya, D. G. (2019). Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity. Zootaxa. 4544(1): 41-78