Tectonatica

Tectonatica
Temporal range: Eocene – Present [1]
Tectonatica violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Tectonatica
Sacco, 1890 [2]
Type species
Tectonatica tectula Sacco, F., 1890

Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Tectonatica are found in marine strata from the Eocene until the Quaternary (age range: from 61.7 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, North America, South America and Japan.[1]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

Fossils of Tectonatica astensis from Pliocene of Italy

Species

Species within the genus Tectonatica include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Tectonatica clausiformis Oyama, 1969: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Tectonatica filosa (Philippi, 1845) : synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Tectonatica flammulata (Requien, 1848): synonym of Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Tectonatica janthostomoides Kuroda & Habe, 1949: synonym of Cryptonatica janthostomoides (Kuroda & Habe, 1949)
  • Tectonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of Cryptonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Tectonatica pavimentum (Recluz, 1844): synonym of Tanea pavimentum (Recluz, 1844)
  • Tectonatica rikuzenensis Tiba, 1985: synonym of Cryptonatica ranzii (Kuroda, 1961)
  • Tectonatica unicolor (Ma & Zhang, 1993): synonym of Tectonatica lactinea (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 1993)
  • Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851): synonym of Notocochlis venustula (Philippi, 1851): synonym of Notocochlis gualteriana (Récluz, 1844)

References

  1. ^ a b Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sacco, F, 1890. Catalogo Paleontologico del Bacino Terziario del Peimonte Bollettino della Società Geologico Italiana 9: 185-330 [312]
  3. ^ WoRMS (2011). Tectonatica Sacco, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138245 on 2011-03-18
  • Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Robba E., Pedriali L. & Quaggiotto E. (2016). Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene naticid gastropods of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 122(2): 109-234
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