Tectipleura Explained

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tectipleura . 2023-11-06 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. Web site: 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 . 2023-11-06 . go.gale.com.
3. 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 . 10.1186/s12862-021-01763-3 . 2730-7182 . 7931591 . 33663373 . free .
4. Web site: Subterclass Tectipleura . 2023-11-06 . iNaturalist . en.