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Tectonatica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Naticoidea

Scientific name
  
Tectonatica

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Naticidae

Higher classification
  
Naticidae

Tectonatica

Similar
  
Naticidae, Gastropods, Molluscs, Tanea, Sinum

Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

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Fossil record

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.

Distribution

This mùarine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

Species

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)

    • References

    Tectonatica Wikipedia
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