Tectarius pagodus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption =A shell of Tectarius pagodus
| taxon = Tectarius pagodus
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms = Trochus pagodus Linnaeus, 1758
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Tectarius pagodus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae. That family is commonly known as the winkles or periwinkles.{{WRMS species|446939|Tectarius pagodus (Linnaeus, 1758)|||Reid, David G. (2010). Tectarius pagodus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
Description
This species is the largest member of the genus Tectarius, and (like the rest of the family Littorinidae) is an herbivor.Harasewych, M.G. and Moretzsohn, Fabio. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lJjeBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT827 The Book of Shells: A Life-Size Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells], p. 827 (University of Chicago Press, 2014).
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Indo-Pacific.Vermeij, G.J. "[http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2mx5c6w9 Molluscan marginalia: Serration at the lip edge in gastropods]", Journal of Molluscan Studies (2014). It can be found in the upper part of the intertidal zone along rocky shores, and therefore does not often get submerged.
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Further reading
- Reid, D. G. 1989. The Comparative Morphology, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gastropod Family, Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 324: 1–110.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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