Tectonatica
Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Fossils of Tectonatica are found in marine strata from the Eocene until the Quaternary. Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America and Japan.Distribution
This mùarine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia.
of ItalySpecies within the genus Tectonatica include:
- Tectonatica impervia
- Tectonatica micra
- Tectonatica pusilla
- Tectonatica rizzae
- Tectonatica robillardi
- Tectonatica sagraiana
- Tectonatica shorehami
- Tectonatica suffusa
- Tectonatica tecta
- Tectonatica unicolor
- Tectonatica venustula
- Tectonatica violacea
- Tectonatica zonulata
;Species brought into synonymy :
- Tectonatica bougei : synonym of Tectonatica venustula
- Tectonatica clausiformis Oyama, 1969: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis
- Tectonatica filosa : synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana
- Tectonatica flammulata : synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana
- Tectonatica janthostomoides Kuroda & Habe, 1949: synonym of Cryptonatica janthostomoides
- Tectonatica operculata : synonym of Cryptonatica operculata
- Tectonatica pavimentum : synonym of Tanea pavimentum
