Tectura is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Tectura. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142 on 2011-02-08 Tectura comes from Latin tegō ("I cover").
Species Species in the genus Tectura include:Tectura . NMR Collection Database, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, accessed 5 December 2009.
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 (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)
References
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