Tectus

Tectus
Tectus niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Tegulinae
Genus: Tectus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[2]
  • Pyramidea Swainson, 1840
  • Pyramis Schumacher, 1817

Tectus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Tectus include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 186.
  2. ^ a b Tectus Montfort, 1810.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205149 on 7 April 2011.
  3. ^ Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216323 on 20 April 2010.
  4. ^ Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216327 on 20 April 2010.
  5. ^ Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388983 on 20 April 2010.
  6. ^ Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216325 on 20 April 2010.
  7. ^ Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449924 on 20 April 2010.
  8. ^ Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216328 on 20 April 2010.
  9. ^ Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216324 on 20 April 2010.