Tectarius

Tectarius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[2]

Tectarius
Shell of Tectarius coronatus at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Tectarius Valenciennes, 1833[1]
Type species
Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes, 1833
Synonyms[2]
Cidaris Röding, 1798 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cidaris Leske, 1778 [Echinodermata]) Echinella Swainson, 1840 Echinellopsis Rovereto, 1899 Echininus Clench & Abbott, 1942 Liralittorina Rosewater, 1981 Nina Gray, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nina Horsfield, 1829 [Lepidoptera]; Echininus is a replacement name) Pagodella Swainson, 1840 Pagodus Gray, 1839 Tectaria (misspelling) Tectarius (Echininiopsis) D.G. Reid, 1989 Tectarius (Echininus) Clench & Abbott, 1942 Tectarius (Tectininus) Clench & Abbott, 1942 Tectininus Clench & Abbott, 1942

Species

Species within the genus Tectarius include:

• Tectarius antonii (Philippi, 1846)^[3]
• Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes, 1833^[1][4]
• Tectarius cumingii (Philippi, 1846)^[5]
• Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791)^[6]
• Tectarius niuensis Reid & Geller, 1997^[7]
• Tectarius pagodus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[8]
• Tectarius rusticus (Philippi, 1846)^[9]
• Tectarius spinulosus (Philippi, 1847)^[10]
• Tectarius striatus (King & Broderip, 1832)^[11]
• Tectarius tectumpersicum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[12]
• Tectarius viviparus (Rosewater, 1982)^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Tectarius bullatus (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Tectarius feejeensis (Reeve, 1857): synonym of Echinolittorina feejeensis (Reeve, 1857)
• Tectarius granosus (Philippi, 1845):^[14] synonym of Echinolittorina granosa (Philippi, 1845)
• Tectarius miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Tectarius montrouzieri P. Fischer, 1878: synonym of Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams, 1853)
• Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Cenchritis muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subgenus Tectarius (Echininus) represented as Echininus Clench & Abbott, 1942 (alternate representation)