MolluscaBase taxon details
Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
1251282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1251282)
accepted
Species
Rochia niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (wrong gender agreement of...)
wrong gender agreement of specific epithet
Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted
Trochus montebelloensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1227 [details]
page(s): 1227 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251282 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1227 [details]
original description (of Trochus montebelloensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H. B. (1914). Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 13-18. London [30 March]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715511
page(s): 16, text fig. [details]
new combination reference Williams, S. T. (2012). Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41(6): 571-595., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00552.x [details]
page(s): 1227 [details]
original description (of Trochus montebelloensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H. B. (1914). Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11(1): 13-18. London [30 March]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715511
page(s): 16, text fig. [details]
new combination reference Williams, S. T. (2012). Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41(6): 571-595., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00552.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (233 publications) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rochia nilotica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Malacopics (Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767) Indonesia, Bali, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 103764 Lateral) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 103764 Protoconch) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (233 publications) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rochia nilotica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To Malacopics (Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767) Indonesia, Bali, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 103764 Lateral) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 103764 Protoconch) (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767)
