MolluscaBase taxon details
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
216349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216349)
accepted
Species
Polydonta gibberula A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted
Tectus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Trochus grandinatus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Trochus grandinatus Gmelin,...)
not Trochus grandinatus Gmelin, 1791
Trochus smaragdus Reeve, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polydonta gibberula A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 150-192., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859246
page(s): 155. [details]
original description (of Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3572 [details]
original description (of Trochus smaragdus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 12, sp. 66. [details]
original description (of Trochus grandinatus 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): 80, nr. 1047 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 14. [details]
additional source Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
page(s): 5. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (1981). Fossil collections from Raoul Island. Appendix 1. Pp 90-91 in Lloyd, E. F. & Nathan, S. Geology and tephrochronology of Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 95.</em> [details]
additional source Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 101 [details]
[request]original description (of Polydonta gibberula A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1853). Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gasteropodous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 150-192., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859246
page(s): 155. [details]
original description (of Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3572 [details]
original description (of Trochus smaragdus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 12, sp. 66. [details]
original description (of Trochus grandinatus 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): 80, nr. 1047 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 14. [details]
additional source Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
page(s): 5. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marshall, B. A. (1981). Fossil collections from Raoul Island. Appendix 1. Pp 90-91 in Lloyd, E. F. & Nathan, S. Geology and tephrochronology of Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 95.</em> [details]
additional source Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.</em>
page(s): 101 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | maculated top shell | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trochus maculatus)
To Malacopics (Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, Marsa Abu Makha...
To Malacopics (Trochus maculatus Linnaeus,1758 Indonesia, Jawa Timur, Madura)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Type specimen in NHMD (from synonym Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trochus maculatus)
To Malacopics (Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, Marsa Abu Makha...
To Malacopics (Trochus maculatus Linnaeus,1758 Indonesia, Jawa Timur, Madura)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Type specimen in NHMD (from synonym Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
