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Tectus
Sign in to saveTectus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTegulidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 390
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Tegulidae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, AUM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Thailand, Philippines, Mauritius, Fiji, French Polynesia, Peru, Japan, Myanmar
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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.
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