Tectarius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[2]
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| Shell of Tectarius coronatus at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes, 1833
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Tectarius include:
- Tectarius antonii (Philippi, 1846)[3]
- Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes, 1833[1][4]
- Tectarius cumingii (Philippi, 1846)[5]
- Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791)[6]
- Tectarius niuensis Reid & Geller, 1997[7]
- Tectarius pagodus (Linnaeus, 1758)[8]
- Tectarius rusticus (Philippi, 1846)[9]
- Tectarius spinulosus (Philippi, 1847)[10]
- Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)[11]
- Tectarius tectumpersicum (Linnaeus, 1758)[12]
- Tectarius viviparus (Rosewater, 1982)[13]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Tectarius bullatus (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tectarius feejeensis (Reeve, 1857): synonym of Echinolittorina feejeensis (Reeve, 1857)
- Tectarius granosus (Philippi, 1845):[14] synonym of Echinolittorina granosa (Philippi, 1845)
- Tectarius miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Tectarius montrouzieri P. Fischer, 1878: synonym of Perrinia angulifera (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
edit- ^ a b Humboldt A. von & Bonpland A. (1833). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du Sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Tome 2, Partie 2. Observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée. page 271.
- ^ a b Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833. Reid, David G. (2010). Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204037 on 17 June 2012 .
- ^ Tectarius antonii (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius coronatus (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius cumingii (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius niuensis Reid & Geller, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius pagodus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius rusticus (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius spinulosus (Philippi, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius tectumpersicum (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius viviparus (Rosewater, 1982). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tectarius granosus (Philippi, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
Further reading
edit- 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
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