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genus

Tectarius Valenciennes, 1832

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Littorinidae - Periwinkles

Scientific synonyms

Echinella Swainson, 1840
Echininus Clench & Abbott, 1942
Liralittorina Rosewater, 1981
Tectarius (Echininiopsis) D.G. Reid, 1989
Tectarius (Echininus) Clench & Abbott, 1942
Tectarius (Tectininus) Clench & Abbott, 1942

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Description

Shell perforate or imperforate, turbinate, solid, subconic, tuberculous or spinose; spire pointed; aperture oval, entire; operculum paucispiral.

Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.

Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 13

species Tectarius antonii (Philippi, 1846)

species Tectarius coronatus (Valenciennes, 1832)

species Tectarius cumingii (Philippi, 1846)

species Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791)

species Tectarius granosus R. A. Philippi, 1846

species Tectarius niuensis D. G. Reid & Geller, 1997

species Tectarius padmiae Dekkers & Ngo, 2021

species Tectarius pagodus Linnaeus, 1758

species Tectarius rusticus R. A. Philippi, 1846

species Tectarius spinulosus (R. A. Philippi, 1847)

species Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)

species Tectarius tectumpersicum C. Linnaeus, 1758

species Tectarius viviparus (Rosewater, 1982)

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1000665]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Tectarius Valenciennes, 1832]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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