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Tectura

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Tectura
A live individual of Tectura palacea on a blade of Phyllospadix seagrass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
Subfamily: Tecturinae
Genus: Tectura
Gray, 1847
Type species
Patella parva
da Costa, 1778
Synonyms

Acmaea (Tectura) Gray, 1847

Tectura is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae.[1] Tectura comes from Latin tegō ("I cover").

Species

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Species in the genus Tectura include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Tectura Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. NMR Collection Database, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, accessed 5 December 2009.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 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