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Tectus Montfort, 1810

205149  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205149)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Trochida (Order)
  7. Trochoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Tegulidae (Family)
  9. Tectus (Genus)
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Genus
Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyramidea Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyramis Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Pyramis Röding, 1798
Trochus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Tectus altavillensis (Defrance, 1828) †
  2. Species Tectus architectonicus (A. Adams, 1853)
  3. Species Tectus athenasi (Vasseur, 1882) †
  4. Species Tectus aulacophorus (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905) †
  5. Species Tectus bareti (Vasseur, 1882) †
  6. Species Tectus bourdoti (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902) †
  7. Species Tectus branderi (Defrance, 1828) †
  8. Species Tectus britannus (Vasseur, 1882) †
  9. Species Tectus carinadentatus (Briart & Cornet, 1887) †
  10. Species Tectus chavani Glibert, 1962 †
  11. Species Tectus chenui Le Renard, 1994 †
  12. Species Tectus cognatus (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) †
  13. Species Tectus columbinus Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2016 †
  14. Species Tectus crenularis (Lamarck, 1804) †
  15. Species Tectus dentatus (Forsskål, 1775)
  16. Species Tectus dudariensis (Strausz, 1966) †
  17. Species Tectus extraconicus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  18. Species Tectus fabrei (Montrouzier, 1878)
  19. Species Tectus fenestratus (Gmelin, 1791)
  20. Species Tectus fluctus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  21. Species Tectus franzhuberi Thach, 2025
  22. Species Tectus fredevillensis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  23. Species Tectus funiculosus (Deshayes, 1832) †
  24. Species Tectus gabrielis (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  25. Species Tectus gervillii Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  26. Species Tectus guerangeri (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) †
  27. Species Tectus hungaricus (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1952) †
  28. Species Tectus indecorus Hansen, 2019 †
  29. Species Tectus leae Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  30. Species Tectus margaritaceus (Deshayes, 1832) †
  31. Species Tectus marollinus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) †
  32. Species Tectus martini (Pannekoek, 1936) †
  33. Species Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
  34. Species Tectus mitratus (Deshayes, 1832) †
  35. Species Tectus monilifer (Lamarck, 1804) †
  36. Species Tectus montissanctipetri (Binkhorst, 1861) †
  37. Species Tectus morgani (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905) †
  38. Species Tectus noduliferus (Lamarck, 1822)
  39. Species Tectus ornatus (Lamarck, 1804) †
  40. Species Tectus planibasis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  41. Species Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
  42. Species Tectus revillai (Bataller, 1959) †
  43. Species Tectus richardi Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  44. Species Tectus royanus (Iredale, 1912)
  45. Species Tectus sensuyi (L. M. Vidal, 1921) †
  46. Species Tectus septemstriatus É. Vincent, 1930 †
  47. Species Tectus sohli (Calzada, 1989) †
  48. Species Tectus spinalis Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  49. Species Tectus striatulus (Leymerie, 1842) †
  50. Species Tectus subcanaliculatus (Deshayes, 1863) †
  51. Species Tectus tjilonganenis (K. Martin, 1905) †
  52. Species Tectus torticostulus Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2019 †
  53. Species Tectus triserialis (Lamarck, 1822)
  54. Species Tectus vulgatus (Reuss, 1854) †
  55. Species Tectus thalmanni Allison, 1955 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  56. Subgenus Tectus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842 accepted as Rochia J. E. Gray, 1857
    1. Species Tectus (Cardinalia) virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
  57. Subgenus Tectus (Ilerdus) Calzada, 1993 † accepted as Ilerdus Calzada, 1993 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Tectus (Ilerdus) requienianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) † accepted as Ilerdus requienianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Subgenus Tectus (Rochia) Gray, 1857 accepted as Rochia J. E. Gray, 1857
  59. Subgenus Tectus (Tectus) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus Montfort, 1810
    1. Species Tectus (Tectus) tomasensis Allison, 1955 † (uncertain > unassessed)
    2. Species Tectus (Tectus) crenularis (Lamarck, 1804) † accepted as Tectus crenularis (Lamarck, 1804) †
    3. Species Tectus (Tectus) dentatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Tectus dentatus (Forsskål, 1775)
    4. Species Tectus (Tectus) gabrielis (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † represented as Tectus gabrielis (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
    5. Species Tectus (Tectus) montissanctipetri (Binkhorst, 1861) † represented as Tectus montissanctipetri (Binkhorst, 1861) †
  60. Species Tectus concavus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791)
  61. Species Tectus conus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
  62. Species Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
  63. Species Tectus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
  64. Species Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004 accepted as Rochia magnifica (Poppe, 2004)
  65. Species Tectus maximus (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) accepted as Rochia maxima (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  67. Species Tectus obesus (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Trochus tubiferus Kiener, 1850
  68. Species Tectus pagodalis Montfort, 1810 accepted as Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin, 1791)
  69. Species Tectus tabidus (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
  70. Species Tectus tentorium (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Trochus tentorium Gmelin, 1791
  71. Species Tectus virgatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 186 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tectus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205149 on 2026-05-06
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-22 14:38:13Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-08-29 19:12:46Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-02 19:01:32Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-12-23 18:39:06Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2025-06-01 08:01:57Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 186 [details] 

original description (of Pyramis Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 70, 232 [details] 

original description (of Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 224-225, 350 [details] 

basis of record Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 37: 483–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 97 [details] 
 
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