Tectus

Tectus
Several views of a shell of Tectus niloticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tectus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardinalia Gray, 1842
  • Pyramidea Swainson, 1840
  • Pyramis Schumacher, 1817
  • Tectus (Rochia) Gray, 1857
  • Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810
  • Trochus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810

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

Description

The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal aperture is very oblique, angular, and wider than long. The outer lip is lirate within. The columella is very short, vertical, with a strong spiral fold, ending anteriorly in a knob or point.[3]

Distribution

This marine genus has a wide distribution. It occurs in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, in the Central and East Indian Ocean and off East Africa, Oceania, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Philippines, East India, Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Anadaman Islands.

Species

Species within the genus Tectus include:

Species brought into synonymy 

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