Tectarius niuensis

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

Tectarius niuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Tectarius
Species:
T. niuensis
Binomial name
Tectarius niuensis
Reid & Geller, 1997[1]
Synonyms

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

Description

References
  1. 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.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. Tectarius niuensis Reid & Geller, 1997. Reid, David G. (2009). Tectarius niuensis Reid & Geller, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445514 on 10 August 2012 .
  • 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.


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