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Tectus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Trochina
Superfamily:
Trochacea
Family:
Trochidae
Subfamily:
Trochinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tectus MONTFORT, 1810
Type Species:
Trochus mauritianus GMELIN, 1791
Images
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Fig. 165,9. *T. (T.) mauritianus (Gmelin), Rec., E.Indies, X0.7 (147)
Synonyms
Pyramis, Pyramidea
Geographic Distribution
IndoPac.-E.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Conical, higher than wide, base nearly smooth, no umbilicus, columella with a strong spiral fold
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Trochina
Superfamily:
Trochacea
Family:
Trochidae
Subfamily:
Trochinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tectus MONTFORT, 1810
Type Species:
Trochus mauritianus GMELIN, 1791
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 165,9. *T. (T.) mauritianus (Gmelin), Rec., E.Indies, X0.7 (147)
Synonyms
Pyramis, Pyramidea
Geographic Distribution
IndoPac.-E.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Conical, higher than wide, base nearly smooth, no umbilicus, columella with a strong spiral fold