Tectura

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lottiidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lottioidea Genus TecturaGray, 1847

Tectura is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae.

Species

Species in the genus Tectura include:

Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)

Tectura filosa (Carpenter, 1865)

Tectura palacea (Gould, 1853)

Tectura pusilla Jeffreys, 1883

Tectura rosacea (Carpenter, 1864)

Tectura tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) - White tortoiseshell limpet

Species brought into synonymy

Tectura antillarum (Sowerby I, 1831): synonym of Lottia antillarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Tectura coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1881: synonym of Iothia emarginuloides (Philippi, 1868)

Tectura fenestrata (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Lottia fenestrata (Reeve, 1855)

Tectura fluviatilis Blanford, 1867: synonym of Potamacmaea fluviatilis (Blanford, 1867)

Tectura fulva (Müller O.F., 1776): synonym of Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Tectura persona (Rathke, 1833): synonym of Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833)

Tectura radiata Pease, 1860: synonym of Williamia radiata (Pease, 1860)

Tectura reticulata Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Veleropilina reticulata (Seguenza, 1876)

Tectura rugosa Jeffreys, 1883: synonym of Iothia fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Tectura scutum Eschscholtz, 1833: synonym of Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)

Tectura tahitensis Pease, 1868: synonym of Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798)

Tectura tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776): synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)- Common tortoiseshell limpet : synonym of the accepted name Testudinalia testudinalis (Müller, 1776)

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