Helicophanta gloriosa, a snail from superorder Eupulmonata
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
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]
^"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.
Tectipleura is a subterclass of land and water-dwelling gastropods. The group consists of over 27,000 various species, among which are various groups...
Tjaernoeiidae Warén, 1991 Ringipleura Ringiculoidea Philippi, 1853 Nudipleura Tectipleura Euopistobranchia Panpulmonata The families currently included in Heterobranchia...
et al. (2017) moved Sacoglossa from Panpulmonata to the subterclass Tectipleura. Extreme autotomy has been observed on two species, Elysia marginata...
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