WoRMS taxon details
Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
413403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413403)
accepted
Species
Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Astraea sulcata (Martyn, 1784) · unaccepted (officially rejected name)
Astralium pyramidale W. H. Webster, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cidaris novaezeelandiae Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cookia novaezelandiae R. P. Lesson, 1832 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Imperator davisii Stowe, 1872 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus cookii Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus sulcatus Martyn, 1784 · unaccepted (Martyn, 1784 is a work rejected...)
Martyn, 1784 is a work rejected for nomenclatorial purposes (see ICZN opinions 456 and 479)
Trochus sulcatus [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Turbo sulcatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trochus sulcatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): lot 2481 [details]
page(s): lot 2481 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413403 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus cookii Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3582 [details]
original description (of Cookia novaezelandiae R. P. Lesson, 1832) Lesson R.-P. (1832-1833). Illustration de zoologie ou Recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'après nature. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 60 pls and accompanying text. [Published in 20 livraisons of 3 plates, one livraison every month, starting in April 1832. Pls 1-27 =1832; pls 28-60 = 1833]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28723624
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Trochus sulcatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): lot 2481 [details]
original description (of Trochus sulcatus Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]
original description (of Imperator davisii Stowe, 1872) Stowe, E. (1872). Description of a new shell found at Nelson. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 4: 218–219.
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Turbo sulcatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3592 [details]
original description (of Astralium pyramidale W. H. Webster, 1905) Webster, W.H. (1905). Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some additions to 'Index faunae'. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 37: 277–281.
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Cidaris novaezeelandiae Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 3582 [details]
original description (of Cookia novaezelandiae R. P. Lesson, 1832) Lesson R.-P. (1832-1833). Illustration de zoologie ou Recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'après nature. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 60 pls and accompanying text. [Published in 20 livraisons of 3 plates, one livraison every month, starting in April 1832. Pls 1-27 =1832; pls 28-60 = 1833]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28723624
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Trochus sulcatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): lot 2481 [details]
original description (of Trochus sulcatus Martyn, 1784) Martyn, T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41889680 [details]
original description (of Imperator davisii Stowe, 1872) Stowe, E. (1872). Description of a new shell found at Nelson. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 4: 218–219.
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Turbo sulcatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3592 [details]
original description (of Astralium pyramidale W. H. Webster, 1905) Webster, W.H. (1905). Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some additions to 'Index faunae'. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 37: 277–281.
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Cidaris novaezeelandiae Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 85 [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cookia sulcata) (from synonym Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cookia sulcata)
To Malacopics (Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786) New Zealand, Auckland, Leigh, ex coll. J.Ph. Voo...
To Malacopics (Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cookia sulcata) (from synonym Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cookia sulcata)
To Malacopics (Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786) New Zealand, Auckland, Leigh, ex coll. J.Ph. Voo...
To Malacopics (Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786))
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