Tectonatica

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

Contents 1 Fossil record 2 Distribution 3 Species 4 References 5 External links

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 mùarine 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: Tectonatica impervia (Philippi, 1845) Tectonatica micra (Haas, 1953) Tectonatica pusilla (Say, 1822) Tectonatica rizzae (Philippi, 1844) Tectonatica robillardi (Sowerby, 1894) Tectonatica sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Tectonatica shorehami (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900) Tectonatica suffusa (Reeve, 1855) Tectonatica tecta (Anton, 1838) Tectonatica unicolor (Ma & Zhang, 1993) Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851) Tectonatica violacea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Tectonatica zonulata (Thiele, 1930) Species brought into synonymy Tectonatica bougei (Sowerby, 1908): synonym of Tectonatica venustula (Philippi, 1851) 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)