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| Tectonatica | |
|---|---|
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| Tectonatica violacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Subfamily: | Naticinae |
| Genus: | Tectonatica Sacco, 1890 [2] |
| Type species | |
| Tectonatica tectula Sacco, F., 1890 | |
Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[3]
Fossil record
[edit]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.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Tectonatica include:
- Tectonatica bougei (Sowerby, 1908)
- Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845)
- Tectonatica lactinea (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 1993)
- Tectonatica micra (Haas, 1953)
- † Tectonatica occulta (Deshayes, 1864)
- Tectonatica prietoi (Hidalgo, 1873)
- 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 tectula (Sacco, 1890)
- Tectonatica violacea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Tectonatica zonulata (Thiele, 1930)
- Species brought into synonymy
- 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)
- Tectonatica rikuzenensis Tiba, 1985: synonym of Cryptonatica ranzii (Kuroda, 1961)
- Tectonatica unicolor (Ma & Zhang, 1993): synonym of Tectonatica lactinea (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 1993)
- Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851): synonym of Notocochlis venustula (Philippi, 1851): synonym of Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sacco, F, 1890. Catalogo Paleontologico del Bacino Terziario del Peimonte Bollettino della Società Geologico Italiana 9: 185-330 [312]
- ^ WoRMS (2011). Tectonatica Sacco, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138245 on 2011-03-18
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Robba E., Pedriali L. & Quaggiotto E. (2016). Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene naticid gastropods of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 122(2): 109-234
External links
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- Huelsken, T. et al. (2008) The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Isola del Giglio (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa, 1770:1-40.
- Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana. 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340