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Genus of gastropods
Tectus is a
genus of
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the
family
Tegulidae .
[2]
Description
The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal
aperture is very oblique, angular, and wider than long. The outer
lip is lirate within. The
columella is very short, vertical, with a strong spiral fold, ending anteriorly in a knob or point.
[3]
Distribution
This marine genus has a wide distribution. It occurs in the
Persian Gulf , the
Red Sea , in the Central and East Indian Ocean and off
East Africa ,
Oceania , Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the
Philippines , East
India , Australia (
New South Wales ,
Northern Territory ,
Queensland ,
Western Australia ),
Kermadec Islands ,
New Caledonia ,
Anadaman Islands .
Species
Species within the genus Tectus include:
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Tectus altavillensis (Defrance, 1828)
Tectus architectonicus A. Adams, 1853
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Tectus athenasi (Vasseur, 1882)
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Tectus aulacophorus (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
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Tectus bareti (Vasseur, 1882)
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Tectus bourdoti (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902)
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Tectus branderi (Defrance, 1828)
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Tectus britannus (Vasseur, 1882)
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Tectus chavani Glibert, 1962
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Tectus chenui Le Renard, 1994
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Tectus cognatus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1840)
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Tectus crenularis (Lamarck, 1804)
Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
[4]
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Tectus extraconicus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
Tectus fabrei (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Tectus fluctus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
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Tectus fredevillensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
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Tectus funiculosus (Deshayes, 1832)
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Tectus gabrielis (d'Orbigny, 1850)
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Tectus gervillii Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
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Tectus leae Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
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Tectus margaritaceus (Deshayes, 1832)
Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Tectus monilifer (Lamarck, 1804)
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Tectus montissanctipetri (Binkhorst, 1861)
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Tectus morgani (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
Tectus noduliferus '' (Lamarck, 1822)
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Tectus ornatus (Lamarck, 1804)
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Tectus planibasis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
[6]
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Tectus richardi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
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Tectus spinalis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
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Tectus subcanaliculatus (Deshayes, 1863)
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Tectus torticostulus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822)
Species brought into synonymy
Tectus concavus (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of
Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791)
Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791) :
[7] synonym of
Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of
Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004 :
[8] synonym of
Rochia magnifica (Poppe, 2004 )
Tectus maximus (Koch in Philippi, 1844) : synonym of
Rochia maxima (Koch, 1844)
Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) :
[9] synonym of
Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810 : synonym of Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of
Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
Tectus tabidus Reeve, L.A., 1861 : synonym of Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) :
[10] synonym of
Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
References
^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2 : 186.
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a
b
Tectus Montfort, 1810 . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 7 September 2012.
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Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004 . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through:
World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca . American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA).
ISBN
0-915826-22-4 . XII, 195 pp
Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined . Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
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