Tectus
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Tectus pyramis (MNHN-IM-2012-28939) 002.jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Tectus pyramis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Tectus
| authority = Montfort, 1810Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 186.
| synonyms =
- Pyramidea Swainson, 1840
- Pyramis Schumacher, 1817
- Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810
- Trochus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810
| type_species = Tectus pagodalis
| type_species_authority = Montfort, 1810
}}
Tectus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.{{WRMS species|205149|Tectus Montfort, 1810||7 September 2012}}
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.[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
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:
- † Tectus altavillensis (Defrance, 1828)
- Tectus architectonicus A. Adams, 1853
- † Tectus athenasi (Vasseur, 1882)
- † Tectus aulacophorus (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
- † Tectus bareti (Vasseur, 1882)
- † Tectus bourdoti (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902)
- † Tectus branderi (Defrance, 1828)
- † Tectus britannus (Vasseur, 1882)
- † Tectus chavani Glibert, 1962
- † Tectus chenui Le Renard, 1994
- † Tectus cognatus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1840)
- † Tectus crenularis (Lamarck, 1804)
- Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775){{WRMS species|216327|Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forskål in Niebuhr, 1775)||20 April 2010}}
- † Tectus extraconicus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- Tectus fabrei (Montrouzier in Fischer, 1878)
- Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791)
- † Tectus fluctus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- † Tectus fredevillensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- † Tectus funiculosus (Deshayes, 1832)
- † Tectus gabrielis (d'Orbigny, 1850)
- † Tectus gervillii Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- † Tectus leae Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- † Tectus margaritaceus (Deshayes, 1832)
- Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|216325|Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}}
- † Tectus monilifer (Lamarck, 1804)
- † Tectus montissanctipetri (Binkhorst, 1861)
- † Tectus morgani (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
- Tectus noduliferus'' (Lamarck, 1822)
- † Tectus ornatus (Lamarck, 1804)
- † Tectus planibasis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778){{WRMS species|216328|Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)||20 April 2010}}
- † Tectus richardi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
- † Tectus spinalis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- † Tectus subcanaliculatus (Deshayes, 1863)
- † Tectus torticostulus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
- Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822)
;Species brought into synonymy :
- Tectus concavus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791):{{WRMS species|216323|Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}} synonym of Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004:{{WRMS species|388983|Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004||20 April 2010}} synonym of Rochia magnifica (Poppe, 2004)
- Tectus maximus (Koch in Philippi, 1844): synonym of Rochia maxima (Koch, 1844)
- Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767):{{WRMS species|449924|Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)||20 April 2010}} synonym of Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810: synonym of Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
- Tectus tabidus Reeve, L.A., 1861: synonym of Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
- Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791):{{WRMS species|216324|Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791)||20 April 2010}} synonym of Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
References
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- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 Montfort P. (Denys de). (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp]
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