| Tectipleura | |
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| Helicophanta gloriosa, a snail from superorder Eupulmonata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
Tectipleura is a subterclass of land and water-dwelling gastropods.
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.
Tectipleura have existed for over 200 million years.
Subdivisions
- Superorder Acochlidiacea
- Superorder Eupulmonata
- Superorder Hygrophila
- Superorder Pneumopulmonata
- Superorder Pylopulmonata
- Superorder Sacoglossa
- Superorder Siphonarimorpha
- Family Aplysiidae
- Order Cephalaspidea
- Order Pteropoda
- Family Runcinidae
- Family Umbraculidae
References
- "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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tectipleura | |