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 architectonicus A. Adams, 1853
- Tectus conus
- Tectus dentatus
- Tectus elatus
- Tectus fenestratus
- Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004
- Tectus mauritianus
- Tectus maximus
- Tectus niloticus
- Tectus pyramis
- Tectus royanus
- Tectus tentorium
- Tectus triserialis
- Tectus virgatus
;Species brought into synonymy :
- Tectus concavus : synonym of Infundibulum concavum
- Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810: synonym of Tectus mauritianus
- Tectus tabidus Reeve, L.A., 1861: synonym of Tectus pyramis