Jump to content

Tectarius niuensis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tectarius niuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Tectarius
Species:
T. niuensis
Binomial name
Tectarius niuensis
Reid & Geller, 1997[1]
Synonyms

Tectarius (Echininiopsis) niuensis D.G. Reid & Geller, 1997

Tectarius niuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[2]

Description

[edit]

Distribution

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Reid D.G. & Geller J.B. (1997). A new ovoviviparious species of Tectarius (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from Niue, South Pacific, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63:207–233.
  • Reid D.G. & Mak Y.-M. (1998). Additions and corrections to the Taxonomy of the genus Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). The Nautilus 112(1):6–33.