Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776)
(White Tortoiseshell Limpet)

Interactions where Tectura virginea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
grazes on BACILLARIOPHYCEAE diatoms British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Lottiidae/Tectura virginea/Tectura virgineawhite tortoiseshell limpet Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Ochrophyta/Bacillariophyceae/Bacillariophyceaediatoms

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Tectura virginea (White Tortoiseshell Limpet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTectura virginea (White Tortoiseshell Limpet)
GenusTectura (a genus of tortoiseshell limpets)
FamilyLOTTIIDAE (a family of molluscs)
SuperfamilyLOTTIOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SubclassPATELLOGASTROPODA (an order of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tectura virginea (White Tortoiseshell Limpet)

Tectura virginea (White Tortoiseshell Limpet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tectura virginea (White Tortoiseshell Limpet):

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