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Tectus

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Tectus was named by Monfort (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus mauritianus.

It was reranked as Trochus (Tectus) by Martin (1905), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961).

It was assigned to Trochus by Martin (1905), Vredenburg (1928) and Dey (1961); to Trochidae by Ladd (1966) and Short and Potter (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Trochini by Harzhauser (2007); and to Trochinae by Allison (1955), Wilson (1993), Harzhauser (2004) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Tectus Monfort
1905Trochus (Tectus) Martin p. 279
1928Trochus (Tectus) Vredenburg p. 405
1955Tectus Allison p. 410
1961Trochus (Tectus) Dey
1966Tectus Ladd p. 38
1987Tectus Short and Potter p. 10
1993Tectus Wilson p. 89
2002Tectus Sepkoski
2004Tectus Harzhauser p. 107
2007Tectus Harzhauser p. 83
2009Tectus Harzhauser et al. p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrochinaeRafinesque 1815
genusTectusMonfort 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tectus Monfort 1810
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Tectus (Rochia) niloticus Linnaeus 1767
Subg. Tectus (Tectus) Montfort 1810
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Tectus (Tectus) texanus Roemer 1888
Tectus cognatus Sowerby 1840
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791
Tectus guerangeri d'Orbigny 1842
Tectus insignis Michelotti 1861
Tectus japonicus Horikoshi 1958
Tectus loryi d'Archaic and Haime 1853
Tectus lucasianus Brongniart 1823
Tectus plicatoides Sacco 1896
Tectus pyramis Born 1778
Tectus thalmanni Allison 1955
Tectus tjilonganensis Martin 1905
Tectus vulgatus Reuss 1854
Trochus (Tectus) marshalli Trechmann 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available