Tectonatica | |
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Tectonatica violacea | |
Scientific classification
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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]
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]
This marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia ( New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Species within the genus Tectonatica include:
Tectonatica | |
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Tectonatica violacea | |
Scientific classification
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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]
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]
This marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia ( New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Species within the genus Tectonatica include: