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Tectus
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Tegulidae. Description The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal Aperture (mollusc), aperture is very oblique, angular, and wider than long. The outer Lip (gastropod), lip is lirate within. The Columella (gastropod), columella is very short, vertical, with a strong spiral fold, ending anteriorly in a knob or point. Distribution This marine genus has a wide distribution. It occurs in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, in the Central and East Indian Ocean and off East Africa, Oceania, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Philippines, East India, Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Anadaman Islands. Species Species within the genus ''Tectus'' include: * † ''Tectus altavillensis'' (Defrance, 1828) * ''Tectus architectonicus'' A. Adams, 1853 * † ''Tectus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tectus Bourdoti
''Tectus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tegulidae. Description The shell has a pyramidal shape. Its base is flat, without false-umbilicus. The rhomboidal aperture is very oblique, angular, and wider than long. The outer lip is lirate within. The columella is very short, vertical, with a strong spiral fold, ending anteriorly in a knob or point. Distribution This marine genus has a wide distribution. It occurs in the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, in the Central and East Indian Ocean and off East Africa, Oceania, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Philippines, East India, Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Anadaman Islands. Species Species within the genus ''Tectus'' include: * † '' Tectus altavillensis'' (Defrance, 1828) * '' Tectus architectonicus'' A. Adams, 1853 * † '' Tectus athenasi'' (Vasseur, 1882) * † '' Tectus aulacophorus'' (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tectus Architectonicus
''Tectus architectonicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. Description The imperforate, whitish shell has a conical shape. The whorls are flat, subimbricating, and longitudinally costate. The ribs are thick, rounded and subnodose. The base of the shell is flat, and concentrically strongly lirate. The columella is short, tortuous, and truncate anteriorly. The margin of the lips is fimbriated. Distribution The species occurs off Indo-Malaysia, Oceania, and Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust .... References * Adams, A. 1853. ''Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192 * Adams, A. 1853. ''Descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegulidae
Tegulidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715868 on 2013-12-10 This was for a long time considered to be a subfamily (Tegulinae) within the family Turbinidae. Genera Genera within the family Tegulidae include: * '' Agathistoma'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 * '' Callistele'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1935 * '' Carolesia'' Güller & Zelaya, 2014 * '' Cittarium'' Philippi, 1847 * '' Norrisia'' Bayle, 1880 * '' Rochia'' Gray, 1857 * ''Tectus'' Montfort, 1810 * '' Tegula'' Lesson, 1832 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Cardinalia'' Gray, 1842: synonym of ''Tectus'' Montfort, 1810 * '' Chlorostoma'' Swainson, 1840: synonym of '' Tegula'' Lesson, 1832 (junior synonym) * ''Livona'' Gray, 1842: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India, while the Coco Islands and Preparis Island are part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. The Andaman Islands are home to the Andamanese, a group of indigenous people made up of a number of tribes, including the Jarawa and Sentinelese. While some of the islands can be visited with permits, entry to others, including North Sentinel Island, is banned by law. The Sentinelese are generally hostile to visitors and have had little contact with any other people. The Indian government and coast guard protect their right to privacy. History Etymology In the 13th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre , a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Kanak people#Agitation for independence, Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (''pron.'' ) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kermadec Islands
The Kermadec Islands ( ; ) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The islands are part of New Zealand. They are in total area and uninhabited, except for the permanently staffed Raoul Island Station, the northernmost outpost of New Zealand. The islands are listed with the New Zealand outlying islands. The islands are an immediate part of New Zealand, but not part of any region or district, but instead an ''Area Outside Territorial Authority''. Toponymy The islands were named after the Breton captain Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec, who visited the islands as part of the d'Entrecasteaux expedition in the 1790s. The topographic particle "Kermadec" is of Breton origin and is a lieu-dit in Pencran in Finistère where '' ker'' means village, residence and ''madec'' a proper name derived from '' mad'' (which means 'good') with the suffix '' -ec'', used to form adjectives indicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
