Tectarius grandinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Tectarius grandinatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Tectarius
Species:
T. grandinatus
Binomial name
Tectarius grandinatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monodonta coronaria Lamarck, 1816
  • Tectarius bullatus (Martyn, 1784)
  • Trochus bullatus Martyn, 1784

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  1. ^ a b Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791). Reid, David G. (2010). Tectarius grandinatus (Gmelin, 1791). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446938 on 6 June 2010 .
  • Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 324: 1–110.