African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Tectura J. E. Gray, 1847

Tectura virginea (Müller, 1776)

AphiaID

138142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138142)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tecturinae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Tectura J. E. Gray, 1847

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 158 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tectura J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142 on 2025-12-02

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Tectura J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138142 on 2025-12-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-03-26 15:55:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-05-21 07:34:04Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2020-09-02 06:01:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-02 17:18:06Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

[taxonomic tree]

[refresh page]

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 158 [details]

additional source Cuvier G. (1830). Rapport fait à l'Académie royale des Sciences sur trois Mémoires de MM. Victor Audouin et Milne Edwards, relatifs aux animaux sans vertèbres des côtes de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 21: 317-329., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172724
page(s): 326; note: as 'Tecture' [vernacular name only] [details]