Tectipleura
Tectipleura | |
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Helicophanta gloriosa, a snail from superorder Eupulmonata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
Cohort: | Tectipleura |
Tectipleura is a subterclass of land and water-dwelling gastropods.[1]
The group consists of over 27,000 various species, among which are various groups of snails, slugs, and sea hares living across various diverse habitats around the world.[2]
Tectipleura have existed for over 200 million years.[3]
Subdivisions
[edit]- Superorder Acochlidiacea
- Superorder Eupulmonata
- Superorder Hygrophila
- Superorder Pneumopulmonata
- Superorder Pylopulmonata
- Superorder Sacoglossa
- Superorder Siphonarimorpha[4]
- Family Aplysiidae
- Order Cephalaspidea
- Order Pteropoda
- Family Runcinidae
- Family Umbraculidae
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tectipleura". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ "Johannes Gutenberg-University Reports Findings in Blood Proteins (The evolution of hemocyanin genes in Tectipleura: a multitude of conserved introns in highly diverse gastropods). - Document - Gale Power Search". go.gale.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ Schäfer, Gabriela Giannina; Pedrini-Martha, Veronika; Jackson, Daniel John; Dallinger, Reinhard; Lieb, Bernhard (2021-03-04). "The evolution of hemocyanin genes in Tectipleura: a multitude of conserved introns in highly diverse gastropods". BMC Ecology and Evolution. 21 (1): 36. doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01763-3. ISSN 2730-7182. PMC 7931591. PMID 33663373.
- ^ "Subterclass Tectipleura". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-06.