Tectus


Tectus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.

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.

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, Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Anadaman Islands.

Species

Species within the genus Tectus include:
  • † Tectus altavillensis
  • Tectus architectonicus A. Adams, 1853
  • † Tectus athenasi
  • † Tectus aulacophorus
  • † Tectus bareti
  • † Tectus bourdoti
  • † Tectus branderi
  • † Tectus britannus
  • † Tectus chavani Glibert, 1962
  • † Tectus chenui Le Renard, 1994
  • † Tectus cognatus
  • † Tectus crenularis
  • Tectus dentatus
  • † Tectus extraconicus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • Tectus fabrei
  • Tectus fenestratus
  • † Tectus fluctus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • † Tectus fredevillensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • † Tectus funiculosus
  • † Tectus gabrielis
  • † Tectus gervillii Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • † Tectus leae Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • † Tectus margaritaceus
  • Tectus mauritianus
  • † Tectus monilifer
  • † Tectus montissanctipetri
  • † Tectus morgani
  • Tectus noduliferus''
  • † Tectus ornatus
  • † Tectus planibasis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • Tectus pyramis
  • † Tectus richardi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • Tectus royanus
  • † Tectus spinalis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • † Tectus subcanaliculatus
  • † Tectus torticostulus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019
  • Tectus triserialis
;Species brought into synonymy :
  • Tectus concavus : synonym of Infundibulum concavum
  • Tectus conus : synonym of Rochia conus
  • Tectus elatus : synonym of Rochia elata
  • Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004: synonym of Rochia magnifica
  • Tectus maximus : synonym of Rochia maxima
  • Tectus niloticus : synonym of Rochia nilotica
  • Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810: synonym of Tectus mauritianus
  • Tectus tentorium : synonym of Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
  • Tectus tabidus Reeve, L.A., 1861: synonym of Tectus pyramis
  • Tectus virgatus : synonym of ''Rochia virgata''