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 superseded combination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
