Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Fossils of Tectonatica are found in marine strata from the Eocene until the Quaternary (age range: from 61.7 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America and Japan.
This mùarine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Species within the genus Tectonatica include:
Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845)Tectonatica micra (Haas, 1953)Tectonatica pusilla (Say, 1822)Tectonatica rizzae (Philippi, 1844)Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby, 1894)Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)Tectonatica shorehami (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900)Tectonatica suffusa (Reeve, 1855)Tectonatica tecta (Anton, 1838)Tectonatica unicolor (Ma & Zhang, 1993)Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851)Tectonatica violacea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)Tectonatica zonulata (Thiele, 1930)Species brought into synonymy Tectonatica bougei (Sowerby, 1908): synonym of Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851)Tectonatica clausiformis Oyama, 1969: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845) : synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)Tectonatica flammulata (Requien, 1848): synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)Tectonatica janthostomoides Kuroda & Habe, 1949: synonym of Cryptonatica janthostomoides (Kuroda & Habe, 1949)Tectonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of Cryptonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885)Tectonatica pavimentum (Recluz, 1844): synonym of Tanea pavimentum (Recluz, 1844)
